What would you sacrifice for an extra day of life? If you grab a copy of Genki Kawamura’s If Cats Disappeared From The World (here I’m talking about the UK Picador edition) and check its back cover, that’s exactly the question this little book will throw at you. What do you deem necessary in life?…
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8 Unmissable Korean Books Out From August 2024-January 2025!
On my mother’s birthday, I decided to take her to the lovely little town of Padova in the north of Italy. There, we stopped by Feltrinelli, one of the biggest Italian bookstore chains. As we roamed around the bookshelves, we were pleased to see the huge amount of Korean books that have been translated into…
10 Japanese Books You Must Read This Summer (+1 extra)
The (boiling) hot summer days have arrived in full force. As some of us head to the strong sunshine on the beach and some others, to the fresh air of the mountains, what’s better than some Japanese literature to fill your days? Japanese literature has received a lot more attention recently and it’s now much…
Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop Review: Bookworms x The World
I’ve always had a book in my hands. I still have a video of little Karen with an upside-down dictionary in her hands. I must have been about two or three when I proudly proclaimed to the world, in response to my mom’s question of what I was doing, “I’m reading”. During high school, I…
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop: A Beautiful Tale of (Re)Connections
We’ve all had a broken heart. Not necessarily in a romantic way. It could be caused by a problem in your family, with a friend, or at work, even. Whatever the reasons, we all have different ways of coping. If you’re a bookworm, you might find peace and solace in the pages of a book….
