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In Soyoung Park’sSnowglobe, the world is frozen.
Those living outside of the domed city must endure the -50 degree Fahrenheit temperature that keeps the globe running.
Snowglobe cover.Delacorte Press at Penguin Random House
How do they comfort themselves throughout a lifetime of bitter cold?
It’s the opportunity of a lifetime.
The society is hiding dark secrets that Chobahm must uncover for herself.
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In the mudroom, Ongi and I struggle to pull on our heavy snowboots.
Next come out parkas, expedition-weight mittens, and ski masks.
Then, finally, the hoods go up, and we’re ready.
“We’re off, Granny!
See you later!”
Ongi calls toward the living room in his usual upbeat tone.
But as he turns the doorknob, Grandma’s urgent voice stops us short.
My goodness, Ongi!
Chobahm is on TV!"
Ongi and I exchange a look as she coos at the TV.
“Aww…
Chobahm!
My sweet baby girl.”
I don’t have to look to know that it’s Goh Haeri on the screen.
Ongi refuses to acknowledge it, but the beloved actress and I look very much alike.
But not just anyone can live there.
She’ll set the record as the youngest weathercaster in the history of the settlement.
I turn a flat gaze to the TV screen.
Dressed in a stylish suit, Haeri looks like she was born to fill the position.
“Hi, it’s Goh Haeri,” she greets the viewers in a buoyant tone.
“I’m so excited and honored to be serving our community as the new weathercaster.
ensure to tune in toNews at 9on New Year’s Day!”
Here, she treats us to her perfect smile, and then the camera cuts away.
Ongi turns back to the door, clucking his tongue in distaste.
I hiss, glowering back at him.
I cut him off with a cuff to the ribs.
I can feel the color rising to my face at the memory.
“Unless you want to dig your way out of a snowbank!”
But he’s wearing too many layers to be warned off, and he boldly resumes running his mouth.
Fifty degrees below zero.
The frozen world welcomes us by snatching the breath from our lungs.
“It’s so damn cold,” Ongi says with a full-body shudder.
From age six, my twin brother and I accompanied each other to school every day for ten years.
Since graduation in February, though, our daily commute has been to the power plant.
I look up at the marbled sky, its gunmetal gray promising a second squall in three days.
Ongi and I start for the bus stop.
Seething, I scoop up a handful of snow and pack it into a tight ball.
He bolts, shouting, “Race you to the bus stop!”
I shout, already on the move.
“Jeon Ongi, you cheater!”
“Loser does laundry for a month!”
“Oh… You’re so done, Jeon Ongi!”
I struggle through the clinging trap of snow with everything I have.
And when we dive for the bus stop, it’s my hand that touches its bent pole first.
Who’s laughing now" I say victoriously, gasping for breath.
Sure, I won by a hair, but a win is a win.
The woman is Jo Miryu, a former Snowglobe star.
Discovered at nineteen, she lived in the settlement for seven years, starring in a hit noir series.
Like millions of her fans, I can recite a long list of other trivia about the starlet.
I even know her blood bang out, which is A.
When Miryu returned home, however, she was shunned for the brutality she had dealt in Snowglobe.
Ongi and I were thirteen back then.
I remember the whole town twitching with hysteria.
There’s so much I’d like to ask her about Snowglobe.
Text copyright 2020 by Soyoung Park.
English Translation copyright 2024 by Joungmin Lee Comfort.
Check out anextended excerpt with additional chapters, and find out more on the officialSnowglobebook page.
