num_pages: 376
description: Already a wildly popular bestseller in South Korea this gripping and passionate debut novel is a death row love story of crime punishment and forgiveness&amp;#8212;vividly told by the exquisitely talented Gong Ji-young.Yu-Jung beautiful wealthy and bright is lying in her hospital bed recovering from her third suicide attempt when she receives a life-changing visit. Her no-nonsense aunt a nun appears by her side and suggests Yu-Jung accompany her on a charitable visit to death row. At her lowest ebb Yu-Jung is resistant. But something compels her to go to the prison. There she meets Yun-Soo a convicted murderer who will soon be put to death. Though she is repulsed by his crimes something about the depth of his suffering strikes a chord in her. Shaken by their encounter she returns to visit him the next week. And the next&amp;#8230;Through their weekly hour-long meetings Yu-Jung and Yun-Soo slowly reveal to each other the dark secrets of their pasts and the hidden traumas that have shaped their lives. In doing so they form a deep unbreakable bond helping one another overcome their demons. But Yun-Soo&amp;#8217;s hands are always in cuffs the prison officers are always in the background and they can never lose sight of the fact that their happy time together is tragically brief.Gracefully poetic and ideal for fans of Kyung-Sook Shin&amp;#8217;s Please Look After Mother Our Happy Time is a passionate and heartbreaking love story as well as an important hard-hitting and compassionate fable.
language: Indonesian
title: Our Happy Time
publisher: Bentang Pustaka