[Korean Literature Club] 'Marygold Mind Laundry' by Yun Jungeun (Tran by Shanna Tan)

Name: [Korean Literature Club] 'Marygold Mind Laundry' by Yun Jungeun (Tran by Shanna Tan)
Start: 2025-04-10T19:30:00+09:00
End: 2025-04-10T21:00:00+09:00
Location: 노스테라스 카페

Schedule

Thu Apr 10 2025 at 07:30 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC+09:00

Location

노스테라스 카페 | Seoul, KG

Dear Friends,
For the April meeting of 2025, we will read and discuss ‘Marygold Mind Laundry’ authored by Yun Jung-eun and translated by Shanna Tan.
The meeting will be led by Jeremy Seligson and held IN-PERSON only.
WHEN_ Thursday. April 10, 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_'Marygold Mind Laundry' by Yun Jungeun (Tran by Shanna Tan)
BOOK PURCHASE:
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Marigold-Mind-Laundry-Jungeun-Yun/dp/0593733932 |
Kyobo https://product.kyobobook.co.kr/detail/S000212457262 |
Aladin https://www.aladin.co.kr/shop/wproduct.aspx?ItemId=338078571&start=pgooglemc
ABOUT THE BOOK:
In this enchanting tale—a blockbuster bestseller in Korea—the enigmatic owner of a magical laundromat that erases people’s painful memories must learn to find her own peace before she can truly help others.
Born with mysterious powers she does not know how to control, young Jieun accidentally causes her family to vanish. She vows to live a million lives in search of them.
Finally, one night, she brings the Marigold Mind Laundry into existence. Its service: to remove the deepest pain from our hearts. Jieun listens while customers share their unhappy memories. As they speak, she transfers their sadness onto T-shirts as stains. After a spin in the washing machine, the stains become flower petals that soar into the air, and Jieun’s customers find solace.
Five wounded souls come to Jieun for help: a frustrated young filmmaker, a spiraling social media influencer, a mother betrayed by her husband, a woman jilted by her lover, and a talented photographer who hides in the safety of a mundane job. As Jieun listens to each of their stories, she learns that the will to heal is not a rare gift, but a power we all possess—if only we are open to it.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Yun Jungeun is the author of more than ten books, including Live the Way You Want; Even If I Don’t Know How to Be an Adult and To Travel or To Love. Yun believes that writing is self-reflection, a close examination of emotions; to write is to connect. Yun hosts a podcast The Path of Books with Jungeun Yun. Her debut novel Marigold Mind Laundry has been a Top Five bestseller in Korea and an international bestseller. It is translated into ten languages and is due to be published around the world. She lives in Korea.
ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR:
Shanna Tan is a literary translator working from Korean, Chinese and Japanese into English. She was selected for the 2021/22 National Centre for Writing Emerging Translator Mentorship programme (mentored by Anton Hur for Korean prose) and the 2022 American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) Emerging Translator Mentorship programme (mentored by Julia Sanches for literature from Singapore). She is the translator of the bestselling Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-reum (Bloomsbury, 2023). Her forthcoming work include several popular Korean fiction titles and a creative non-fiction Singaporean Chinese work. Publishers she is working with include Doubleday, MacLehose Press and more. She is based in Singapore.
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.