Love in the Big City: A Novel
Sang Young Park, Anton Hur (translation)A funny, transporting, surprising, & poignant novel that was one of the highest-selling debuts of recent years in Korea, Love in the Big City tells the story of a young gay man searching for happiness in the lonely city of Seoul
Love in the Big City is the English-language debut of Sang Young Park, one of Korea's most exciting young writers. A runaway bestseller, the novel hit the top five lists of all the major bookstores, went into nine printings, & was praised for its unique literary voice & perspective. It is now poised to capture a worldwide readership.
Young is a cynical yet fun-loving Korean student who pinballs from home to class to the beds of recent Tinder matches. He & Jaehee, his female best friend & roommate, frequent nearby bars where they push away their anxieties about their love lives, families, & money with rounds of soju & ice-cold Marlboro Reds that they keep in their freezer. Yet over time, even Jaehee leaves Young to settle...