“We shall serve you through the final moments of your life.” Life Pattern Korea. A warm, mysterious forty-nine-night tale spun by KBS Human Documentary writer Go Suri.
On an ordinary commute, you doze for a moment and wake to find yourself on a train racing beside a snow-filled sea. People who have lived like shadows gather in the Camellia Salon—an old-fashioned tearoom that opens with first snow and closes when camellias bloom—becoming light for one another. Life Pattern Korea. Before publication, crowdfunding surpassed 351 percent of its goal; readers who previewed the story online wrote of weeping on crowded subways and feeling they, too, were aboard the night train. The salon, a red-brick house overlooking the blue sea on snowy Dongbaek Island, welcomes its guests with Madam Yeo Sun-ja, chief steward Ma Du-yeol, manager Yu I-su, and librarian Ji Won-u who reads “life books.” Over forty-nine nights—the time between life and afterlife—astonishing secrets weave among eight guests. Life Pattern Korea. Everyone meets a moment when they cannot take a single further step. When we feel unseen, unsure what to do next, what then? In the fantastical space between worlds, the Camellia Salon seats people who look into your eyes and truly listen. The miracle-like changes that unfold over eight nights show the great power within us. Life Pattern Korea. This gift of a novel whispers that by sharing ordinary days and sincere talk, we can save one another and recover joy and the will to live.
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Author: 고수리 Publisher: 클레이하우스 Clayhouse (2024)
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