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Dorona Break-up Services

Author

Son HyounJu

Publisher

EunHaeng NaMu Publishing Co., Ltd.

Categories

Literature & Fiction

Audience

Adult

Overseas Licensing

Keywords

Copyright Contact

Kim Seohae

  • Publication Date

    2020-11-19
  • No. of pages

    240
  • ISBN

    9791191071214
  • Dimensions

    130 * 190
Overview

This novel deals with the fascinating and problematic subject matter of ‘break-up services’ and asks us who or what we must part with and how in an age fraught with relationship fatigue.

Book Intro

This novel starts from the premise that one day people will start offering break-up services. Lee Ga-eul works as a break-up manager and, like most people in their 20s and 30s, she is skeptical about human relationships. Her attitude reminds us of the universal fear of relationships. Although the story affirms the necessity of break-ups, it urges us to consider ‘what’ we should part with and ‘how’. Ironically, it makes us think about what we should love and how. 

Thirty-year-old Lee Ga-eul does not have a proper full-time job.  In an effort to support her mother who shows symptoms of  gastrointestinal intolerance, Lee lands a position at Dorona Break-up Services. As per its name, the company offers break-up services for clients in all sorts of situations—from lovers who have fallen out of love to people struggling to get rid of  eccentric habits. Ga-eul’s first task is to break up with a woman named Mi-hu on behalf of her boyfriend Seok-won, a second-year resident. However, Mi-hu adamantly refuses to break up with him. Ga-eul is determined to excel at her new job, but her very first tasks is far from easy. To make matters worse, she is given yet another task, which is to separate bookworm Jin-woo from his books. 

People come to Dorona Break-up Services with all sorts of requests—from someone hoping to break up with their lover to a woman who wants a divorce from her husband of 30 years. There are parents who want their primary school kid to part ways with his smartphone, a college student scared of leaving school to enter the tough job market, an office worker who goes to work everyday even though he retired two years ago. Every break-up comes with a story. Gae-ul comes to sympathize with those who do or do not want a break-up. Along the way, she recalls the ‘bad’ break-ups buried deep in her heart and faces her own wounds. 

About the Author

Son HyounJu



(English) The writer was born in Seoul. She majored in history in college and mass communication in graduate school. In 2008, she made her debut in the international newspaper literary competition with the short story "Mom's Part-time Job," and in 2009, she received the Rookie Award in the Literature and Thought Magazine with the short story "Your Man." In 2010, she won the Pyeongsa-ri Literature Award and the 1st Literary Neighborhood Youth Literature Award. Her works include "Bad Family Recipe," "A Boy Riding a Golden Bus," "Stealing Hercules," "Goodbye Office on the Highway," and "Tight Perm Ann" (co-authored).

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