Second paragraph of third chapter:
| 24시간 열려 있는 가게의 특성상 모든 직원은 정해진 시간에 교대 형식으로 근무하고 있었다. 그 때문에 일찍 들어가 봐야 할 일도 없었다. 페니는 좀 더 햇살 아래서 여유를 만끽하기로 했다. 거리의 중심에서 위용을 뽐내고 있는 5층짜리 목조 건물. ‘꿈 백화점’. 역시 놀면서 바라보는 가게의 모습이 훨씬 더 근사했다. | All employees at the DallerGut Dream Department Store have their shifts carefully assigned to them so the store can be run twenty-four seven unless they sell out of dreams. There is no point in coming in early. Penny decides to enjoy the sun outside. She looks up at the five-storey building towering over the centre of the city. The DallerGut Dream Department Store. The sight of it is indeed a marvel to behold when not at work. But her rest doesn’t last long. |
I got this for Anne a couple of Christmases ago, but I don’t think it is terribly deep; it’s a whimsical set of stories about people working in a department store that happens to sell dreams, and Santa Claus is one of the characters. I can see how some people might get very invested in it, but it wasn’t for me. You can get it here.
This was my top unread book by a non-white author. Next on that pile is another (and I suspect better) book by a Korean author, The Vegetarian by Han Kang.
