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Summer Calls: 과일이 왔어요
Paperback
Series: Korean Classic Reader, Book 8
Publisher: Sophora Books
Published: Aug 15 2026
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.59
Height: 0.39 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: Korean
Read a Korean literary classic - entirely in Korean, at your level.
Summer Calls (과일이 왔어요) is an A2-level Korean graded reader that brings one of Korea's most beloved short stories to life. Set in the southern city of Jinju in the summer of 1997, it is a warm, quietly moving story of a fruit truck, a song, and a love never forgotten - one you can read from beginning to end, without a dictionary.
ABOUT THIS BOOK
Part of the Korean Classic Reader series by Sophora Books, this volume retells When Buckwheat Flowers Bloom (메밀꽃 필 무렵) by Yi Hyo-seok (1936), one of the most cherished works of modern Korean literature.
Cheor-i, twenty-two, takes a job selling fruit from an old blue truck. The driver, Mr. Kim, barely speaks - and keeps a box of worn cassette tapes he never explains. As they call out 과일이 왔어요! through the back streets at dusk, a story from twenty-three years ago slowly rises to the surface: one summer evening, a woman from the garment factory, and a song playing on the radio.
A gentle, nostalgic story about first love, waiting, and the quiet ways the past finds its way back to us - set in the warm, analog Korea of pagers, cassette tapes, and public phone booths.
WHO IS THIS BOOK FOR
- Upper-beginner learners (A2 level)
- Teens, young adults, and adults
- Anyone who wants to read real Korean literature, not textbook dialogues
WHAT YOU GET
- Natural, everyday Korean at your exact level - no dictionary needed
- Key Words and footnotes on every page, so you never lose the thread
- Eight chapters with illustrations, plus Adaptation Notes, Character and Location guides, and Culture Notes
- A full Study Reference: Adverbs, Sound and Motion Words, Idiomatic Expressions, Key Grammar Patterns, and Expressions You'll Hear
- After You Read comprehension questions with an answer key
- A free audiobook: scan the QR code inside the book, or visit sophorabooks.com
Reading and listening together builds pronunciation and fluency at the same time.
Explore the full series at sophorabooks.com
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