This is an introductory booklet on novelist Lee Seung-U produced for the 2014 London Book Fair Korea Market Focus. Lee Seung-U participated in the literary seminar “Illusion and Reality: Writing the Self” (April 8, Whitehall Room), where he discussed how language contended with the fissure between reality and ideal, and how the rapidly changing social landscapes in the UK and Korean had affected our relationships with the written word. On April 11, at Old College, Aberystwyth, he discussed his literature with a focus on The Reverse Side of Life. This 20-page booklet consists of: “About the Author”, “About the Work” and “Excerpts”. The excerpts are taken from The Private Life of Plants and The Reverse Side of Life.