Wonderland with Dancing Go Bok Hee

Every morning at five o’clock, Koo Bok Hui wakes up. Always at the same time. She straightens her bedding, neatly combs her bobbed hair, and gets dressed. Then she sweeps the lobby, sets out the deck chairs and parasols, and clears away the debris that settled on the surface of the pool overnight. Wonderland opens its doors precisely at six. Koo Bok Hui, a fifty-year-old woman who worked for twenty-five years as a middle-school English teacher. Her husband, who used to whisper embarrassingly sweet things, passed away from an illness. “Shall we live in a southern country after we retire?” he once said. Holding onto that single sentence, she gives up her monthly pension and leaves for Phnom Penh, Cambodia—only to keep the promise she made with her husband. (Source: Korean = Goodreads || Translation = kisskh) ~~ Adapted from the novel “Chumchuneun Goboghuiwa Wondeolaendeu” (춤추는 고복희와 원더랜드) by Moon Eun Gang (문은강). Edit Translation

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