The Memory Bookshop

THE KOREAN SENSATION Perfect for lovers of The Midnight Library and Days at the Morisaki Bookshop , this is an unforgettable novel about the power of books - and a mysterious bookshop that gives you the chance to rewrite your story... If you could relive the past with the time you have left - what would you choose? Jiwon''s life has been slowly disintegrating since her mum died. Until one day, caught in a downpour, Jiwon comes across a mysterious bookstore. Uneasy, she turns to leave when a voice calls out: ''If you open that door-You can leave, but you can never come back here.'' The Memory Bookshop stores all of one''s memories within an infinite number of books and appears to those who are looking for a reason to live. Its manager, ''K'', offers visitors the chance to travel back three times, in exchange for part of their futures. Browsing the shelves, Jiwon must choose whether to revisit three chapters of her life. But will changing the past really rewrite her future? Only The Memory Bookshop has the answers - and it''ll teach Jiwon about what it really means to live...

Product details

• Authors: Yu-jeong Song, Song Yu-jeong
• Assisted by: Shanna Tan (Translation)
• Publisher: Harper Collins Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 12.03.2026
• EAN: 9780008742867
• ISBN: 978-0-00-874286-7
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 234 mm x 16 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945); Fantasy, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Magical Realism, Fiction in translation, FICTION / Visionary & Metaphysical, 21st Century, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Magical Realism, South Korea, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, Seasonal interest: Autumn, Fall, c 2020 to c 2029, FICTION / Multiple Timelines, FICTION / World Literature / Korea, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Narrative theme: Journeys and voyages