Choi Hee-seo Books · 최희서 책

Named as a book loved at a very young age that gave courage, with its heroine making friends in a new place and meeting it with curiosity. (Source: Naver Blog)

Wrote in the endorsement that as a Seoul resident for whom an apartment with a view is a distant dream, anxious and lonely, protagonist Ui-jin felt close. (Source: X)

Painful to read yet so relatable that it keeps pulling the reader back. (Source: Ilneun Saram, Minumsa)

Choi Hee-seo named it the book to read on Liberation Day, posted a line, and narrated the audiobook, feeling swept up by its powerful sentences. (Source: Channel Yes)

Said it was so absorbing it was hard to keep reading. (Source: Ilneun Saram, Minumsa)

Mentioned in an interview reading Salinger's works such as Nine Stories after The Catcher in the Rye in childhood, and liking Raymond Carver's mood. (Source: Naver Blog)

Named its author as a favorite novelist, and said the book was so absorbing it became hard to read. (Source: Ilneun Saram, Minumsa)

The first Salinger Choi Hee-seo read, during a childhood spent moving between countries. (Source: Naver Blog)

Moving between countries as a child, Choi Hee-seo leaned on books; this epic was a middle-school read. (Source: Naver Blog)

First read in English, with the translation praised for keeping nuances that are hard to carry across languages. (Source: Ilneun Saram, Minumsa)

Named as a favorite tragedy. (Source: Naver Blog)

Moving between countries as a child, Choi Hee-seo leaned on books; this epic was a middle-school read. (Source: Naver Blog)

Mentioned as a play with a particular attachment. (Source: Naver Blog)