Dear Friends,

At the May meeting, we will discuss ‘Love in the Big City’ by Sang Young Park.

WHEN_Thursday. May 5. @7:30PM KST
WHERE_via Zoom
READ_’Love in the Big City’
LEADERS_Jenny Byun & Brother Anthony of Taize

You can purchase a copy from one of the places below.

US Grove Atlantic (Publisher) | UK Tilted Axis Press
KR Kyobo Books | Yes24

From the Publisher
Love in the Big City is an energetic, joyful, and moving novel that depicts both the glittering nighttime world of Seoul and the bleary-eyed morning-after. Young is a cynical yet fun-loving Korean student who pinballs from home to class to the beds of recent Tinder matches. He and Jaehee, his female best friend and roommate, frequent nearby bars where they push away their anxieties about their love lives, families, and money with rounds of soju and ice-cold Marlboro Reds that they keep in their freezer. Yet over time, even Jaehee leaves Young to settle down, leaving him alone to care for his ailing mother and to find companionship in his relationships with a series of men, including one whose handsomeness is matched by his coldness, and another who might end up being the great love of his life. (-Grove Atlantic)

About the Author
Sang Young Park was born in 1988 and studied French at Sungkyunkwan University. He worked as a magazine editor, copywriter, and consultant for seven years before debuting as a novelist. The title story of his bestselling short story collection, The Tears of an Unknown Artist, or Zaytun Pasta, was one of Words Without Borders’ most read pieces ever. He lives in Seoul.

About the Translator
Anton Hur was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He won a PEN Translates award for Kang Kyeong-ae’s The Underground Village. He lives in Seoul.

Additional Links
(The Korea Society) Author Talks: Sang Young Park 
A Q&A with Anton Hur, translator of Love in the Big City

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