Podivuhodn veerka Hojon Kim (2026)

This novel of chance and extraordinary encounters in a Korean convenience store follows a mysterious man nicknamed Dokko, who goes from being homeless to working night shifts at a small shop. Although he suffers from partial memory loss and seems awkward, his presence gradually begins to change the lives of everyone around him, from the seventy-year-old shop owner and an ambitious student preparing for civil service examinations to an exhausted sales representative. Behind the walls of the unassuming convenience store unfolds a story about second chances, forgiveness and the strength of community. Writer Kim Hojon skilfully connects the lives of the characters, their everyday joys and hardships, creating a multilayered novel that can make readers laugh and move them deeply. Through intimate portraits of ordinary people, he explores universal themes of redemption, human relationships and the search for ones place in the world. The contents are in Czech.