The memory bookshop : a novel / Song Yu-jeong ; translated from the Korean by Shanna Tan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Song, Yu-jeong, author.

Contributor:

Tan, Shanna, translator.

Standardized Title:

Kiŏk sŏjŏm. English

Language:

English

Korean

Subjects (All):

Bookstores--Fiction.

Bookstores.

Time travel--Fiction.

Time travel.

Memory--Fiction.

Memory.

Regret--Fiction.

Regret.

Grief--Fiction.

Grief.

Genre:

Magic realist fiction.

Time-travel fiction.

Fantasy fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

184 pages ; 19 cm

Edition:

First US edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2026]

Language Note:

In English, translated from Korean.

Summary:

If you're lost or grieving, you'll find The Memory Bookshop, where the shelves are endless; the books, strangely familiar; and where memories are bound in pages. Jiwon's life has been slowly disintegrating since her mother died. Until one day, caught in a sudden downpour, she stumbles into a mysterious bookstore. Inside, she is met by Manager K and offered no explanation, only a mysterious hourglass and a rare opportunity: to travel back to three chapters of her life. But returning to the past isn't without risk. In exchange, Jiwon must give up time in her future. As she wanders between the shelves, the bookshop humming with memories and regrets, she must ask herself: can the past truly be rewritten? Or does the real magic lie in the life she's yet to live?

Notes:

"Originally published in Korea in 2024 by Dasan Books Co. Ltd."--Title page verso.

2026 publication date from publisher.

ISBN:

9780063475120

006347512X

OCLC:

1601548551

Publisher Number:

90104872512