Snowglobe by Soyoung Park, translated by Joungmin Lee Comfort
Snowglobe is beneath a dome, and it is the only place that is warm anymore. The less fortunate don’t get to live there, and instead, they face the brutal, unrelenting cold every day to get to their jobs, which help supply to power to keep Snowglobe warm. Reprieve comes to them via the 24-hour feed constantly showing the lavish lives being lived inside the dome.
Chobahm’s life is about watching what’s happening in the globe. One of her favorite shows stars Goh Haeri. When Haeri dies, and Chobahm is selected to replace her on the show, Chobahm thinks this is the key to a better life.
Except what is happening in the dome is not the dream. Not even close.
This translated book from Korean is pitched as part Squid Game and part Hunger Games (and that’s spot on—I enjoyed it!).