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Your Neighbours Table is a novel that could also be read as a social commentary on the low birth rate condition in South Korea, and the complex relationships of a community and family. The story follows Yojin and her family as they move into a communal living space established by the government to tackle the low birth rates in South…
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I chose you because you were the most useless human whose story I had the displeasure of reading. On the first day of the monsoon an old ramshackle building appears. This is The Rainfall Market. Inside you will find magical bookstores, hairdressers, perfumeries and anything your heart desires. But you cannot enter without an invitation. Serin, who lives in a…
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“I can’t do it … I’m pregnant. The smell of coffee . . . it triggers my morning sickness. The cigarettes, too . . . Anyway, isn’t this supposed to be a nonsmoking building?” And that’s how I became pregnant. ABOUT THIS BOOK For the sake of women everywhere, Ms Shibata is going to pull off the mother of…
