Dallergut Dream Department Store 달러구트 꿈 백화점 Vol. 1

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No. 1 Overall Bestseller for Three Consecutive Weeks After Publication

A book received an average reader rating of 4.8 out of 5 from more than 400 readers. Reviews included comments such as, "I wanted to recommend it before I had even finished, so I left my rating first," "I am reading it slowly because I do not want it to end," and "It is a fantasy novel, but I found myself crying." Life Pattern Korea. The Dallergut Dream Department Store was first introduced through the digital reading platform RIDI, where it rose above books by established authors to reach No. 1 on the overall bestseller chart and earned a 4.8 reader rating. Reader demand for a physical edition later led to its publication in print, creating an unusual success story that moved from digital release to physical book.

What explains the novel's popularity? It contains neither major conflicts between its characters nor a central romance between its protagonists. Yet readers may finish it in tears or with a calmer heart. Life Pattern Korea. For those who want a brief escape from an exhausting reality, it offers gentle comfort. Filled with warm and moving stories about people who buy and sell dreams, The Dallergut Dream Department Store can make readers feel as though they have stepped inside a fairy tale.

A Secret Store That Appears When You Fall Asleep

There is a shopping district that can only be entered after falling asleep. It is filled with things designed to attract sleeping customers: a food truck selling snacks that help visitors grow drowsy, grumbling Noctilucas who hurriedly dress customers who sleep without enough clothing, Maxim's workshop at the end of a dark alley where nightmares are made, a mysterious dream maker who descends from a cabin in the permanently snow-covered mountains only once a year, the legendary Aganep Coco, who creates conception dreams, and a noisy workshop where leprechauns make flying dreams. Life Pattern Korea. Each part of the town adds another layer to its lively and mysterious dream industry.

The most popular part of the district is, of course, the shopping area where every imaginable kind of dream is gathered and sold. It is crowded each day not only with people sleeping through the night, but also with afternoon nappers and sleeping animals. Life Pattern Korea. Standing at the center of the street like a longtime landmark is the five-story wooden building known as the Dallergut Dream Department Store, the town's oldest shop. True to its name, each floor carries dreams from a different special category.

The protagonist, Penny, receives an interview at the Dallergut Dream Department Store, the dream workplace everyone wants to join. She passes a one-on-one interview with Dallergut and begins working at the store. Life Pattern Korea. Assigned to the first-floor front desk alongside the experienced Weather, Penny faces her first major problem during her very first week when the payment for the store's most expensive dream is stolen.

A Comforting Fantasy for Adults

One woman buys a dream featuring the person she likes every night. After waking, she does not remember purchasing the dream, and she gradually begins to believe that her subconscious is drawing her toward that person. As time passes, she becomes convinced that her feelings are growing. Life Pattern Korea. What will become of her love?

Another customer arrives one day wearing a hospital gown. With a somber expression, she asks Dallergut to create a dream made to order - not for herself, but for her family to receive after her death. Life Pattern Korea. It is a gift arranged before she dies, expressing her hope that the people she leaves behind will be all right. Stories of people suffering from persistent trauma and of a man tormented by both his ambitions in waking life and the dreams he experiences in sleep add mystery and emotional depth to the novel.

With its fast-moving narrative and absorbing storytelling, the novel leaves a long afterglow after the final page. It offers warmth and empathy not only to adults exhausted by a painful reality in which even dreaming has become difficult, but also to younger readers.

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Author: 이미예 Miye Lee
Publisher: 팩토리나인 Factory Nine (2020)

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