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Yeonnam-Dong's smiley laundromat / Kim Jiyun ; translated by Shanna Tan.
Van Pelt Library PL994.415.C4422 Y6613 2024
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Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Fiction Kim Yeonnam
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kim, Jiyun, 1992- author.
- Standardized Title:
- Yŏnnam-dong pinggul pinggul ppallaebang. English
- Language:
- English
- Korean
- Subjects (All):
- Self-service laundries--Fiction.
- Self-service laundries.
- Neighbors--Fiction.
- Neighbors.
- Neighborhoods--Fiction.
- Neighborhoods.
- Communities--Fiction.
- Communities.
- Seoul (Korea)--Fiction.
- Seoul (Korea).
- Notebooks--Fiction.
- Notebooks.
- Diaries--Fiction.
- Diaries.
- Kindness--Fiction.
- Kindness.
- Genre:
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 311 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Pegasus Books, 2025.
- Language Note:
- In English; translated from the Korean.
- Summary:
- "Yeonnam-Dong's Smiley Laundromat is a place where the extraordinary stories of ordinary people unfold. Situated at the heart of rapidly gentrifying district of Seoul, the laundromat is a haven of peace and reflection for many locals. And when a notebook is left behind there, it becomes a place that brings people together. One by one, customers start jotting down candid diary entries, opening their hearts and inviting acts of kindness from neighbors who were once just faces in the crowd. But there is a darker story behind the notebook, and before long the laundromat's regulars are teaming up to solve the mystery and put the world to rights"--Dust jacket.
- "Yeonnam-Dong's Smiley Laundromat is a place where the extraordinary stories of ordinary people unfold. Situated at the heart of a rapidly gentrifying district of Seoul, the laundromat is a haven of peace and reflection for many locals. And when a notebook is left behind there, it becomes a place that brings people together. One by one, customers start jotting down candid diary entries, opening their hearts and inviting acts of kindness from neighbours who were once just faces in the crowd. But there is a darker story behind the notebook, and before long the laundromat's regulars are teaming up to solve the mystery and put the world to rights"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Translation of: Yŏnnam-dong pinggul pinggul ppallaebang.
- Translation of: 연남동 빙굴 빙굴 빨래방.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: McCormick fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9781639368037
- 1639368035
- OCLC:
- 1438665545
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