Book
Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop / Hwang Bo-Reum ; translated by Shanna Tan.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781639732425 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: vii, 301 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024.
- Copyright: ©2023
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "First published in 2022 in South Korea by Clay House. First published in Great Britain by Bloomsbury Publishing in 2023"--Title page verso. |
| Language Note: | In English translated from the Korean. |
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| Subject: | Books and reading > Fiction. Bookstores > Korea (South) > Seoul > Fiction. Divorced women > Fiction. Interpersonal relations > Fiction. Seoul (Korea) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Psychological fiction. Novels. |
Available copies
- 0 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stroud Branch | FIC Boreu | 31681010361459 | FICTION | Checked out | 12/23/2025 |
Hwang Bo-reum has authored several essay collections: I Read Every Day, I Tried Kickboxing for the First Time, and This Distance Is Perfect. Welcome to Hyunam-dong Bookshop is her first full-length novel. Before its release as a paperback, the novel was initially published as an ebook after winning an open contest co-organized by Korean content-publishing platform "Brunch." She lives in Seoul.
Shanna Tan is a Singaporean translator working from Korean, Chinese, and Japanese into English. She was selected for two emerging translator mentorships in 2022, where she was mentored by Anton Hur for Korean prose and Julia Sanches for Singapore literature (from Chinese). Her prose translations have appeared or are forthcoming in The Southern Review, The Common, Azalea: Journal of Korean Literature & Culture, and others. She lives in Singapore.
