- Overview
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A story about a family that has operated a brewery for generations and pursues the wisdom and spirit of the ancestors, infused in makgeolli, a traditional Korean liquor.
- Book Intro
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Jun-soo’s family manages a makgeolli (traditional Korean rice wine) brewery that they’ve owned for generations. Jun-soo doesn’t want to inherit the difficult family business, but he cannot say so because he is afraid of his grandfather. Out of fear that he will have to finally take over the brewery, he devises a plan that he shouldn’t have come up with. What’s his plan?
The author vividly depicts a traditional makgeolli brewery through solid and robust research. The brewery in this story is based on Jipyeong Brewery, a national registered cultural property located in Gyeonggi Province in Korea. The characters in this book show how hard it is for different generations with different views and values to continue to hold tradition together. They also remind readers that what is most important in life is to understand, respect, and sympathize with one other.
- About the Author
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Choi Eun-Soon
Choi Eun-soon made her literary debut when she received the Korea Andersen Award for her full-length novel Eyes of Father in 2007. She was awarded the Grand Prize at the Hanwoori Literature Awards for her full-length children’s story “Bangguri” in 2011. Her works include Mom, Don’t Take My New Year’s Money Gift from Me, Windmill Pants with Wings, A Little Haenyeo in Woodo Island, and Fly! Honeybee.
Lee Kyoung-Kook
Lee Kyoung-Kook majored in furniture design and photography design at university. He was selected as Illustrator of the Year at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in 2008. He illustrated Who Do You Look After?; Book Wriggles; When the Garbage Is Piled Up and Piled Up; and The Earth Is a Big Rock.
