![]() The design and characterization of the author’s world are top notch. I loved the exquisite use of language in this novel. Together, their stories tell a compelling story that is both unknown and unmistakably universal, in which their tentative friendships may turn out to be what ultimately saves them. When she returns to Korea after college, she finds herself in a precarious relationship with the heir to one of the country’s largest conglomerates.ĭown the hall from their building lives Ara, a hairstylist whose two main activities support her: an obsession with a boy band pop star, and a best friend who’s saving up for extreme plastic surgery she hopes will change her life.Īnd Wonna, one floor below, is newly married and trying to have a baby that she and her husband have no idea how they can afford to raise in Korea’s brutal economy. Kyuri’s roommate Miho is a talented artist who was raised in an orphanage but received a scholarship to study art in New York. Though she prides herself on her cold, clear outlook on life, an impulsive mistake threatens her livelihood. ![]() ![]() ![]() Kyuri is an achingly beautiful woman with a hard-earned job at a Seoul “Room Salon”, an exclusive underground bar where she entertains businessmen while drinking. ![]()
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