Di balik pesona jalanan yang teratur dan penduduk yang tertib, kota pelabuhan Kobe sesungguhnya tidak baik-baik saja. Bisnis mengalir segencar angin musim semi Haru-ichiban bagi Mami Suzuki, pegawai hotel pada siang hari, detektif swasta pada malam hari. Siapakah yang berani mencuri dari seorang pedagang mutiara terbesar di Jepang? Di manakah keberadaan seorang koki sushi ternama dan mengapa…
Di antara rak-rak buku yang berdebu, tersembunyi rahasia yang tidak seharusnya ditemukan . Ketika Yeon-seo kehilangan harapan untuk menjadi penulis, dia menemukan sebuah toko buku asing. Toko yang tanpa alamat maupun papan nama. Hanya deretan buku yang seakan memanggilnya masuk. Awalnya dia hanya ingin mengistirahatkan diri di dalam toko itu. Namun ketika pemilik toko mengajaknya bergabung u…
Open twenty-four hours a day, at first glance The Wizard's Bakery seems like any ordinary bakery where you can buy bread, cakes, and cookies, with a somewhat grumpy man behind the counter. At first glance, that is. Because when the young boy who is our protagonist chooses it as a refuge to escape a difficult family situation, the reality he finds is quite different. Baked with the help of a …
Burnt out by her newswriting job, Jungmin abruptly quits; she’s worked tirelessly for years and she needs to make a change. Now, after months of hibernation, it’s time to put her life back together. Venturing out into the streets near Seoul, she stumbles upon the Soyo pottery workshop. Drawn in by its light and warmth, and the smell of clay and coffee, Jungmin feels something unfurl with…
It has been a year since Penny first walked through the doors of DallerGut Dream Department Store, and surviving a year at the store means one thing... She is now an official employee of the dream industry! She can finally take the express commuter train to the Company District, where all the dream production companies are located and discover how all raw dream materials and testing equipment a…
Eight women. Eight stories. One reality. A woman is born. A woman is filmed in public without consent. A woman suffers domestic violence. A woman is gaslit. A woman is discriminated against at work. A woman grows old. A woman becomes famous. A woman is hated, and loved, and then hated again. Written in Cho Nam-Joo’s masterful, razor-sharp prose, Miss Kim Knows brings together the lives …
An international bestseller with over half a million copies sold between Japan and South Korea, The Convenience Store by The Sea tells the delightfully quirky and heartfelt stories of the store’s customers and employees, offering us all a unique recipe for a good, fulfilling life.
Empat puluh tahun sejak Sukarno meninggal, nama serta wajahnya tidak pernah benar-benar lumat terkubur. Kampanye puluhan tahun Orde Baru untuk membenamkannya justru hanya memperkuat kenangan orang akan kebesarannya. Sukarno tak pernah berhenti menjadi ikon revolusi nasional Indonesia yang paling menonjol—mungkin seperti Che Guevara bagi Kuba. Di banyak rumah, foto-fotonya, kendati dalam ke…