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Snowglobe

by Soyoung Park

A televised refuge in a frozen world

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Awards & Recognition

  • Award recognition

    Winner of the Changbi X Kakaopage Young Adult Novel Award

    The metadata states that Snowglobe is the winner of the award.

  • Bestseller

    New York Times bestseller

  • Editorial selection

    Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year

    Selected as a Best Book of the Year.

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A televised refuge in a frozen world

In Snowglobe, a climate-controlled dome offers warmth and safety amid a world of constant winter, while people outside work to supply its power and watch its residents on television. Chobahm is an avid viewer whose chance to enter the city arrives through an unsettling role: she has been chosen to replace its biggest star, who is dead. The contrast between the polished broadcasts and the uncertain reality within Snowglobe links the novel’s dystopian setting to questions of identity, performance, and who controls the truth. Originally published in Korean, the book is presented here in English translation.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in dystopian fiction
  • Readers drawn to stories about televised celebrity and life under surveillance
  • Readers interested in identity and the divide between public image and private reality

Themes

Dystopian societyMedia and surveillancePersonal identityTruth and public imageClimate and survival

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Book overview

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The groundbreaking Korean phenomenon that Entertainment Weekly called "The Hunger Games meets Squid Game"--now in English for the first time!

A COSMOPOLITAN BEST YOUNG ADULT BOOK OF THE YEAR - A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

"An immersive and utterly addictive dark dystopian thriller . . . with the eerie, desperate, and exhilarating vibes of Snowpiercer and The Hunger Games." --Susan Lee, author of Seoulmates

In a world of constant winter, only the citizens of the climate-controlled city of Snowglobe can escape the bitter cold--but this perfect society is hiding dark and dangerous secrets within its frozen heart.

Enclosed under a vast dome, Snowglobe is the last place on Earth that's warm. Outside Snowglobe is a frozen wasteland, and every day, citizens face the icy world to get to their jobs at the power plant, where they produce the energy Snowglobe needs. Their only solace comes in the form of twenty-four-hour television programming streamed directly from the domed city.

The residents of Snowglobe have everything: fame, fortune, and above all, safety from the desolation outside their walls. In exchange, their lives are broadcast to the less fortunate outside, who watch eagerly, hoping for the chance to one day become actors themselves.

Chobahm lives for the time she spends watching the shows produced inside Snowglobe. Her favorite? Goh Around, starring Goh Haeri, Snowglobe's biggest star--and, it turns out, the key to getting Chobahm her dream life.

Because Haeri is dead, and Chobahm has been chosen to take her place. Only, life inside Snowglobe is nothing like what you see on television. Reality is a lie, and truth seems to be forever out of reach.

Translated for the first time into English from the original Korean, Snowglobe is a groundbreaking exploration of personal identity, and the future of the world as we know it. It is the winner of the Changbi X Kakaopage Young Adult Novel Award.
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