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A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara • 2016
<b><i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER • A stunning “portrait of the enduring grace of friendship” (<i>NPR</i>) about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. A masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century.<br></b><br><b><b><b><b><b><b><b>NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST <b><b><b>•</b></b></b></b> MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST <b>• <b><b><b><b><b> WINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE</b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b><br><br><i>A Little Life</i> follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition—as they move to New York in search of fame and fortune. While their relationships, which are tinged by addiction, success, and pride, deepen over the decades, the men are held together by their devotion to the brilliant, enigmatic Jude, a man scarred by an unspeakable childhood trauma. A hymn to brotherly bonds and a masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century, Hanya Yanagihara’s stunning novel is about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves.
Korean book 바다가 들리는 편의점 a convenience store with a view of the sea
마치다 소노코 • 2023
“언제든 찾아오세요. 항상 여기에 있을 테니까요” 오늘도 변함없이 불을 밝히고 손님을 맞는 이곳에서 서로 다른 각자가 함께 행복해지는 이야기가 펼쳐진다. * 서점대상 수상 작가의 최고 인기 시리즈 * 영상화 요청 쇄도 * 일본 판매 20만 부 돌파 기타큐슈 모지항이라는 조용한 항구에 자리한 텐더니스 편의점은 오늘도 시끌벅적하다. 꽃미남 점장의 사소한 몸짓, 말 한마디, 표정 하나에 그의 팬을 자처하는 여성들이 연달아 터트리는 환호성 때문. 그럴 때마다 고개를 절레절레 흔드는 아르바이트생 옆에서 파트타임 직원 미쓰리는 눈을 반짝이며 남모르게 미소 짓는다. 곧이어 수염을 덥수룩하게 기른 남자가 들어와 편의점을 제집처럼 활보하고, 빨간색 멜빵바지를 입은 할아버지는 시끄럽다며 모두 나가라고 고함을 질러 댄다. 여느 편의점에서는 볼 수 없는 수상쩍은 광경. 대체 이곳에서 무슨 일이 벌어지고 있는 걸까? 현재 왕성한 집필 활동으로 주목받는 마치다 소노코 작가의 연작 소설 『바다가 들리는 편의점』은 24시간 불이 꺼지지 않는 친근하고 일상적인 장소인 편의점을 무대로 나이, 성별, 취향, 사연, 그리고 편의점을 찾는 목적까지 제각각인 손님들과 어딘지 모르게 미스터리한 직원들이 펼치는 유쾌하고 따뜻한 이야기를 담고 있다. 일본 현지 출간 당시 “이 가상의 편의점에서 빠져나올 수가 없다”, “당장 영화나 드라마로 보고 싶다”라는 독자들의 호평이 쏟아진 작품으로 그 인기에 힘입어 2권이 출간되었고 곧 3권도 출간 예정이다. 개성 넘치는 등장인물과 잔잔하면서도 감동적인 에피소드로 작가가 전하고자 하는 바는 이웃끼리의 깊고 따뜻한 정서적 유대감과 타인의 고민을 함께 해결해주기 위해 노력한다는 상냥한 연대감이다. 읽고 나면 반드시 행복한 기분에 빠지게 될 『바다가 들리는 편의점』이 오늘도 환하게 불을 밝히고 당신의 방문을 기다린다.
Welcome to Hyunam-dong Bookshop TPB
unknown author • 2023
There was only one thing on her mind.<br/><br/>'I must start a bookshop.'<br/><br/>Yeongju did everything she was supposed to, go to university, marry a decent man, get a respectable job. Then it all fell apart. Burned out, Yeongju abandons her old life, quits her high-flying career, and follows her dream. She opens a bookshop.<br/><br/>In a quaint neighbourhood in Seoul, surrounded by books, Yeongju and her customers take refuge. From the lonely barista to the unhappily married coffee roaster, and the writer who sees something special in Yeongju - they all have disappointments in their past. The Hyunam-dong Bookshop becomes the place where they all learn how to truly live.<br/><br/>A heart-warming story about finding comfort and acceptance in your life – and the healing power of books.
Tuesday with Morrie
Mitch Albom • 1997
Quick read. Very engaging and thoughtful look at end of life and relationships.
Before Your Memory Fades: A Novel (Before the Coffee Gets Cold Series, 3)
Toshikazu Kawaguchi • 2022
The third novel in the international bestselling Before the Coffee Gets Cold series, following four new customers in a cafe where customers can travel back in time.<br/><br/>On the hillside of Mount Hakodate in northern Japan, Cafe Donna Donna is fabled for its dazzling views of Hakodate port. But that’s not all. Like the charming Tokyo cafe Funiculi Funicula, Cafe Donna Donna offers its customers the extraordinary experience of travelling through time.<br/><br/>From the author of Before the Coffee Gets Cold and Tales from the Cafe comes another story of four new customers, each of whom is hoping to take advantage of the cafe's time-travelling offer. Among some familiar faces from Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s previous novels, readers will also be introduced to:<br/>A daughter who begrudges her deceased parents for leaving her orphaned A comedian who aches for his beloved and their shared dreams A younger sister whose grief has become all-consuming A young man who realizes his love for his childhood friend too late<br/>Translated from Japanese by Geoffrey Trousselot and featuring signature heart-warming characters and wistful storytelling, in Before Your Memory Fades, Kawaguchi once again invites the reader to ask themselves: what would you change if you could travel back in time?<br/><br/>Meet more wonderful characters in the next captivating novel in the Before the Coffee Gets Cold series, Before We Say Goodbye!<br/><br/>Read the rest of the Before the Coffee Gets Cold series:<br/>Before the Coffee Gets Cold Tales from the Cafe
Tales from the Cafe: A Novel (Before the Coffee Gets Cold Series Book 2)
Toshikazu Kawaguchi • 2021
From The Author Of The International Bestseller Before The Coffee Gets Cold, This Book Follows Four New Customers Who Hope To Travel Back In Time In A Little Japanese Café. In A Back Alley In Tokyo, There Is A Café That Has Been Serving Carefully Brewed Coffee For More Than One Hundred Years. Local Legend Says That This Shop Offers Something Else Besides Coffee—the Chance To Travel Back In Time. With Faces Both Familiar And New, Tales From The Cafe Follows The Story Of Four Patrons Who Visit To Take Advantage Of Café Funiculi Funicula's Time-traveling Offer And Revisit Moments With Family, Friends And Lovers. Each One Must Face Up To The Past To Move On With Their Lives. Kawaguchi's Wistful And Heartwarming New Novel Once Again Invites The Reader To Ask Themselves, What Would You Do If You Could Travel Back In Time?
Before the Coffee Gets Cold: A Novel (Before the Coffee Gets Cold Series, 1)
Toshikazu Kawaguchi • 2020
*NOW AN LA TIMES BESTSELLER*<br/><br/>*OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD*<br/><br/>*AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER*<br/><br/>If you could go back in time, who would you want to meet?<br/><br/>In a small back alley of Tokyo, there is a café that has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. Local legend says that this shop offers something else besides coffee—the chance to travel back in time.<br/><br/>Over the course of one summer, four customers visit the café in the hopes of making that journey. But time travel isn’t so simple, and there are rules that must be followed. Most important, the trip can last only as long as it takes for the coffee to get cold.<br/><br/>Heartwarming, wistful, mysterious and delightfully quirky, Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s internationally bestselling novel explores the age-old question: What would you change if you could travel back in time?<br/><br/>Meet more wonderful characters in the next captivating novel in the Before the Coffee Gets Cold series, Before We Say Goodbye!<br/><br/>Read the rest of the Before the Coffee Gets Cold series:<br/>Tales from the Cafe Before Your Memory Fades
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop: A Novel
Satoshi Yagisawa • 2023
The wise and charming international bestseller and hit Japanese movie—about a young woman who loses everything but finds herself—a tale of new beginnings, romantic and family relationships, and the comfort that can be found in books.<br/>Twenty-five-year-old Takako has enjoyed a relatively easy existence—until the day her boyfriend Hideaki, the man she expected to wed, casually announces he’s been cheating on her and is marrying the other woman. Suddenly, Takako’s life is in freefall. She loses her job, her friends, and her acquaintances, and spirals into a deep depression. In the depths of her despair, she receives a call from her distant uncle Satoru.<br/>An unusual man who has always pursued something of an unconventional life, especially after his wife Momoko left him out of the blue five years earlier, Satoru runs a second-hand bookshop in Jimbocho, Tokyo’s famous book district. Takako once looked down upon Satoru’s life. Now, she reluctantly accepts his offer of the tiny room above the bookshop rent-free in exchange for helping out at the store. The move is temporary, until she can get back on her feet. But in the months that follow, Takako surprises herself when she develops a passion for Japanese literature, becomes a regular at a local coffee shop where she makes new friends, and eventually meets a young editor from a nearby publishing house who’s going through his own messy breakup.<br/>But just as she begins to find joy again, Hideaki reappears, forcing Takako to rely once again on her uncle, whose own life has begun to unravel. Together, these seeming opposites work to understand each other and themselves as they continue to share the wisdom they’ve gained in the bookshop.<br/>Translated By Eric Ozawa
