Park Geun-hye's Prison Letters Collection Tops Bestseller List for 2 Consecutive Weeks

'Goodbye, Lee Jae-myung' Climbs Sixteen Steps to Close the Gap

On the 31st, at Kyobo Bookstore Gwanghwamun Branch in Jongno-gu, Seoul, the new book "Longing Does Not Happen to Just Anyone," which compiles letters former President Park Geun-hye exchanged with her supporters during her four years in prison, is being sold. The book is composed of four chapters: Chapter 1, 2017 - The Year the Sky Collapsed; Chapter 2, 2018 - Endless Waiting; Chapter 3, 2019 - Saw Hope; and Chapter 4, 2020 - And Still. It was published by the YouTube channel Garosero Research Institute. In the book, former President Park expresses her grievance over the impeachment and shows hope that the truth will be revealed someday. / Photo by Moon Ho-nam munonam@

Former President Park Geun-hye's collection of letters written in prison topped the bestseller list for the second consecutive week. According to the bestseller rankings announced by Kyobo Bookstore on the 14th, 'Longing Does Not Happen to Just Anyone,' a compilation of letters Park wrote during her incarceration, was the best-selling book in the second week of January (5th?11th). It has maintained steady sales since January 30th, just before Park was released under a special New Year's pardon.

'Goodbye, Lee Jae-myung,' which deals with the conflict between Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party's presidential candidate, and his older brother, closely followed behind. The Democratic Party has filed an injunction request to ban the sale and distribution of this book, and the court's decision is pending. The controversy has increased public interest, causing the book to jump sixteen places compared to the first week of January (December 29th?January 4th). Among the buyers, 34.9% are in their 60s.

Due to the strong performance of 'Goodbye, Lee Jae-myung,' Kim Ho-yeon's novel 'Uncomfortable Convenience Store' dropped to third place. Other books such as Seoul National University professor Kim Nan-do's 'Trend Korea 2022' (4th), the comic 'Heunhan Nam-mae 9' (5th), and Eric Weiner's essay 'Socrates Express' (6th) each fell one spot.

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