The Second Chance Convenience Store
Kim Ho-Yeon's bestselling urban fable about a Seoul convenience store owner who hires a homeless man, translated by Janet Hong.
The Second Chance Convenience Store was published in South Korea in 2021 and is described by its publisher as a million-copy bestseller. Mrs. Yeom, a retired teacher turned convenience store owner in Seoul, takes in Dokgo, a homeless man with no memory of his past, after he does her a good deed. His presence changes the neighbourhood, but her son, eager to sell the store, hires a detective to dig into the man’s history. Janet Hong translated it.
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