Yeah, well, you aren't going to envy the amount of money I //won't// have by the time my jobless ass gets home.

Thanks for the heads up on the bookstore--I'll see if I can get anyone at the hostel to help me out on that.

As an alternative to pure Korean authors, maybe try a translation of a Japanese book?

That's what my Japanese translations of Goong are for--I mean, I'm already planning on getting Yoshimoto Banana in Korean, but I'd still like to try my hand on an original or two.