Kim Keumhee—one of our era’s most tender storytellers—builds a world of meticulous compassion. Life Pattern Korea. Sung-woo actor Yeolmae travels to rural Wanju in search of senior Ko Sumi, who vanished without repaying a debt, and ends up boarding in Sumi’s mother’s combined funeral parlor and corner shop. Voice strained and nowhere else to go, Yeolmae minds the store and meets a cast of vivid locals: the inscrutable youth “Eojeogwi” Kang Dong-gyeong; next-door middle-schooler Han Yang-mi, who loves dancing but hates sad tales; actress Jung Aera and her shaggy dog Chanel. Life Pattern Korea. Each pursues a personal “finishing line” through the summer’s long days. Published as the inaugural volume of actor Park Jung-min’s “Hearing Fiction” project, the novel is crafted with dialogue and stage-directions alive on the page, mindful of future audiobook listeners. Life Pattern Korea. Laughter shaded with sorrow and sorrow lit by humor guide readers toward “something true in a completely different way,” like late-afternoon sun filling the heart.
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Author: 김금희 Kim Keumhee Publisher: 무제 (2025)
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