Name: [Korean Literature Club] 'The Rainfall Market' by You Yeong-Gwang (Tran by Slin Jung)
Start: 2025-03-13T19:30:00+09:00
End: 2025-03-13T21:00:00+09:00
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[Korean Literature Club] 'The Rainfall Market' by You Yeong-Gwang (Tran by Slin Jung)

Dear Friends,
For the March meeting of 2025, we will read and discuss ‘The Rainfall Market’ authored by You Yeong-Gwang and translated by Slin Jung.
The meeting will be led by Jeremy Seligson and held IN-PERSON only.
WHEN_ Thursday. March 13, 2025. 7:30PM (Seoul)
WHERE_B1, North Terrace Cafe (near Anguk Station or Jongno-3 ga Station (Subway Line 1, 3, or 5))
LEADER_Jeremy Seligson
READ_‘The Rainfall Market’ by You Yeong-Gwang (Tran by Slin Jung)
BOOK PURCHASE:
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Rainfall-Market-You-Yeong-Gwang/dp/0593952669 |
Kyobo https://product.kyobobook.co.kr/detail/S000212728286
ABOUT THE BOOK:
If you could swap your life for a better one, which would you choose?
On the outskirts of Rainbow Town, there is an old, abandoned house. They say that if you send a letter detailing your misfortunes there, you could receive a ticket. If you bring this ticket to the house on the first day of the rainy season, you’ll be granted entrance into the mysterious Rainfall Market—where you can choose to completely change your life.
No one is more surprised than Serin when she receives a ticket. Lonely and with no real prospects for a future, Serin ventures to the market, determined to create a better life for herself.
There, she meets a magical cat companion named Issha and they search through bookstores, perfumeries, and fantastical realms while Serin tries to determine what her perfect life will look like.
The catch? Serin only has one week to find her happiness or be doomed to vanish into the market forever.
And all the while, a shadow follows quietly behind them…
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Yeong-Gwang You was born in Seongnam in 1984. He wrote this story during breaks while delivering food for a living. He felt truly happy while writing this story and wishes for all readers to find healing and courage through it so that they may go out and find their own happiness.
ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR:
Slin Jung is a translator of Korean currently based in Toronto, Canada.
VENUE:
The ‘North Terrace Cafe (Basement)’ is located at 12 Yulgok-ro 10-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul. Go to Anguk Station on the Orange #3 Line. Go out Exit 4 and do an immediate U-turn on the sidewalk. Then take a right in front of the Japanese Cultural Center and walk towards Changdeok-gung, but on the opposite side of the main street (Yulgok-ro) from the palace.