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THE CORNER STORE (用九柑仔店)

Ruan Guang-Min
Yuan-Liou Publishing
2017 Golden Comic Award for Best Comic
2017 Golden Comic Award for Best Comic for Young Adults
2019 TV series released
Chun-Lung, a young real estate agent in Taipei, gets word that his grandfather is seriously ill, and returns to his hometown in the countryside to handle the closing of his family's old corner store, which his grandfather had been running for generations...
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Introduction

Chun-Lung, a young real estate agent in Taipei, gets word that his grandfather is seriously ill, and returns to his hometown in the countryside to handle the closing of his family's old corner store, which his grandfather had been running for generations. As Chun-Lung prepares to shut the place down, he comes across names, faces, and words that have persisted in that place since he was a child, and his interactions with living locals and his own dormant memories pull him ever closer to his childhood. Moreover, he discovers that serving his community is as much an art as a business – an art that kept his grandfather's store going in an age of supermarkets and convenience stores.

Role profile

  • Chun-lung

    Chun-lung

    Raised by his grandfather and moved to the northern part of the country after graduating from junior high school. He worked his way through high school and got into a real estate company later. He returned to his hometown and took over the grocery store after his grandfather got ill.

  • Chao-chun

    Chao-chun

    A mixed-race who always talks straightforwardly. She runs her own scallion pie stall and is at odds with her mother. She is known as the “Bitch Face Venus”.

  • Grandfather

    Grandfather

    Founder of the grocery store. Nine out of the ten things that people need for their lives could be found at his store and used for a long time -- that is why the store was named “Yong-Chiu”(\"Use Nine\", or the homophone of \"Use Long\" in Mandarin).

About the Author

Ruan Guang-Min

A cartoonist with a fresh and clean style and a touch of humor and sensibility, Ruan Guang-min is known for his portrayals of the heart-warming stories unique to Taiwanese society and rich in humanity. His passion for comics has never wavered since the beginning of his career decades ago. His other works include: Chronicles of the Assassins, Dong-Huachun Barbershop, Spice of Happiness, Heaven Restaurant 1-3, Kíng-tshat: Light and Darkness 1 and 2, the Corner Store 1-5, the graphic novel of The Magician on the Skywalk, and more.

He has been recognized by numerous awards, including four Golden Comic Awards: Best Comic for Young Adults and Comic of the Year for the Corner Store 1: Guarding the Heart-warming Place in 2017, and Comic of the Year for The Magician on the Skywalk graphic novel and Best Cross-media Application for the Corner Store 1-5 in 2020. Since 2011. He has been invited to multiple international events, including the Angoulême International Comics Festival in France and the residency of the Berlin Literary Society (Literarisches Colloquium Berlin) in Germany.

His original comics the Corner Store and Dong-Huachun Barbershop have been adapted into TV series of the same titles.

《用九柑仔店》©阮光民/遠流出版公司Yuan-Liou Publishing Co., Ltd.