![]() 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. 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. ![]() ![]() Young is a cynical yet fun-loving Korean student who pinballs from home to class to the beds of recent Tinder matches. It is now poised to capture a worldwide readership. A runaway bestseller, the novel hit the top five lists of all the major bookstores, went into twenty-six printings, and was praised for its unique literary voice and perspective. Image Choi Gwi-ja, another former comfort woman, said that she and other women endured multiple abortions because of the deep prejudice. ![]() Love in the Big City is the English-language debut of Sang Young Park, one of Korea's most exciting young writers. Park Geun-ae showing the scars from self-inflicted wounds. A funny, transporting, surprising, and poignant novel that was one of the highest-selling debuts of recent years in Korea, Love in the Big City tells the story of a young gay man searching for happiness in the lonely city of Seoul ![]()
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