Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop set in KOREA

Submitted: 6th October 2023

A tale of life in Korea and woman who quits the rat race to open up a bookshop.

BookTrail Travel to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop

Boarding Pass Information: Seoul

Author guide: Hwang Bo-reum

Genre: Japanese translation

Food and drink to accompany: Nothing incase you get sticky fingers on the books

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BookTrail Travel to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop

Many beautiful things come in small packages: this is one of them. It’s a short, cosy and feel-good book about a woman who quits the rat race in Seoul to open up a bookshop. She is one of many who feel desperate and trapped and so she breaks free and moves away from the city. Not only that, she opens up a bookshop and fulfils her dreams in more way than one.

This is a snapshot look at the corporate world and what it means when you step off the treadmill. is money and power really the only important things in life? The character led novel is a lesson for us all in a way and a way for us to see what work life and a high pressure society is like and what it means to escape it.

The importance of books is something us bookworms know all about – here the message is clear. Books help life, enrich life and can solve all matter of things. Reading helps you to understand other worlds and other emotions.

In such a small package, a full, rich world emerges.