Fumio An has recently emerged as a preeminent author on the Lulu circuit. He has opened with his first short story in Who Can Sell Ice to an Eskimo? The book is a quick, enjoyable and sometimes outlandish read. He introduces serious ideas and topics in a playful manner, all in the context of a fictional work. The rhythm of the work seems to effortlessly evolve by spinning a creative web built by Western thought as well as a touch of Zen, only as an author as skilled as Fumio An could do. In reading Who Can Sell Ice to an Eskimo?, one has the strange sense that Fumio An is toying with us, that his best effort and work is yet to come. He has already announced the title of his next book on which he is currently working: Nothing is Loud in a Noisy Place. Judging from the title alone, it sounds like another ensnaring work that highlights mankind's existential struggle through an interesting and dynamic protagonist, Sebastian. But we do not want to reveal too much...