- Overview
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This story will resonate with readers as it revolves around lives on the outskirts of a city and cooperation with neighbors. This story centers around a main character who works in a night convenience store.
- Book Intro
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The stories of many characters stopping by a convenience store, including that of the main character, are described in a calm manner. Sharp perspectives on the ups and downs of life and a warm perspective on the vulnerable show the matured literature ability of the author. The night convenience store especially makes this story even more mysterious and lyrical. The unions of poor and lonely people will also move readers.
- About the Author
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Park Young-ran
(English) Born in the city of Youngyang in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea, she moved to Seoul at the age twelve. She completed the Creative Writing program at the Chung-ang Graduate School of Art. She is the author of Tale of Laguna and Others, a collection of short stories, Shush, Quietly (Revised version of My Lonely Durian Tree), Be Nice to Yeong-wu, Seoul Station, The Expansion of Mean Spirit, Feel Like Going to a Convenience Store, Guesthouse Q, With an Affectionate Heart, Fake Human, all full-length novels, and The Secret of a Rooftop Garden, a children’s book. Her novels belong to the realm of the heart.
(Russian) Пак Ён Ран: Автор книг “Настроение пойти в магазин”, “С доброй душой” и “Распространение злого духа”.
(Japanese) 今まで長編小説『コンビニに行く気分』と『優しい心で』『悪い精神の拡散』『しい、静かに』(『私の孤独なドリアンの木』改訂版)、童話『屋上庭園の秘密』などを書いた。気にかかる所に、私の小説もまたとどまっている。
