The Dallergut Dream Department Store, Miye Lee
The Dallergut Dream Department Store, Miye Lee
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The Dallergut Dream Department Store
A Novel

Author: Miye Lee

Narrator: Shannon Tyo

Unabridged: 6 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/09/2024


Synopsis

THE #1 KOREAN BESTSELLER WITH OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD

For fans of magical realism and the Before the Coffee Gets Cold series by Toshikazu Kawaguchi comes this cozy fantasy debut.

What if there was a store that sold dreams? Which would you buy? And who might you become when you wake up?

In a mysterious town hidden in our collective subconscious there's a department store that sells dreams. Day and night, visitors both human and animal shuffle in to purchase their latest adventure. Each floor specializes in a specific type of dream: childhood memories, food dreams, ice skating, dreams of stardom. Flying dreams are almost always sold out. Some seek dreams of loved ones who have died.

For Penny, an enthusiastic new hire, working at Dallergut is the opportunity of a lifetime. As she uncovers the workings of this whimsical world, she bonds with a cast of unforgettable characters, including Dallergut, the flamboyant and wise owner, Babynap Rockabye, a famous dream designer, Maxim, a nightmare producer, and the many customers who dream to heal, dream to grow, and dream to flourish.

A captivating story that will leave a lingering magical feeling in readers' minds, this is the first book in a bestselling duology for anyone exhausted from the reality of their daily life.

About Miye Lee

MIYE LEE was born in Busan in1990. After graduating fromthe Busan National UniversitySchool of Materials Science andEngineering, she worked asa semiconductor engineer atSamsung Electronics. Herdebut novel, The DallergutDream Department Store, waspublished entirely fundedthrough a crowdfunding service in Korea in 2020and has since drawn many enthusiastic responsesand favorable reviews.


Reviews

Goodreads review by mloslegen on November 19, 2021

There were many interesting settings and elements that can stimulate our imagination but having flat characters and monotone plot made me feel like reading a light children's book.......more

Goodreads review by emma on March 07, 2025

sounds dreamy! in truth, this was cute and fun and not much else in a way that made me miss middle grade books. in other words if this were written for upper elementary school aged children, rather than for me, i would have liked it more. i loved the world, and it was so creative, but romance and adult......more

Goodreads review by recontraluchita on May 03, 2024

no plot just vibes......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on July 30, 2024

What fun this novel was! I adored Korean author Miye Lee’s “The DallerGut Dream Department Store”. Shoutout to translator Sandy Joosun Lee because it seemed as though this was written in English. Lee begins her story with an Author’s Note. She queries: why do we dream? One third of our lives are spe......more

Goodreads review by Sara on January 29, 2024

Wonderfully whimsical story about dreaming, from their conception to their influence on the waking world. The reader follows Penny on her new employment at the Dallergut Dream Department Store, the most famous shop that sells every kind of dream possible to their sleepy customers. There's everything......more