I'm waiting for you : and other stories / Kim Bo-Young ; translated by Sophie Bowman and Sung Ryu.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: Korean Publisher: New York, NY : Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Edition: First editionDescription: 316 pages ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0062951467
- 9780062951465
- I am waiting for you
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | Science Fiction/Fantasy | KIM, BO-YOUNG | Available | 33111009802527 | ||||
Adult Book | Main Library | Science Fiction/Fantasy | KIM, BO-YOUNG | Available | 33111010501662 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"Her fiction is a breath-taking piece of a cinematic art itself. Reminiscent of the world we experienced in Matrix, Inception, and Dark City, still it leads us to this entirely original structure, which is a ground-breaking, mystic literary and cinematic experience. Indeed, powerful and graceful."--Bong Joon-ho, Oscar-winning director of Parasite
In this mind-expanding work of speculative fiction, available in English for the first time, one of South Korea's most treasured writers explores the driving forces of humanity--love, hope, creation, destruction, and the very meaning of existence--in two pairs of thematically interconnected stories.
Two worlds, four stories, infinite possibilities
In "I'm Waiting for You" and "On My Way," an engaged couple coordinate their separate missions to distant corners of the galaxy to ensure--through relativity--they can arrive back on Earth simultaneously to make it down the aisle. But small incidents wreak havoc on space and time, driving their wedding date further away. As centuries on Earth pass and the land and climate change, one thing is constant: the desire of the lovers to be together. In two separate yet linked stories, Kim Bo-Young cleverly demonstrate the idea love that is timeless and hope springs eternal, despite seemingly insurmountable challenges and the deepest despair.
In "The Prophet of Corruption" and "That One Life," humanity is viewed through the eyes of its creators: godlike beings for which everything on Earth--from the richest woman to a speck of dirt--is an extension of their will. When one of the creations questions the righteousness of this arrangement, it is deemed a perversion--a disease--that must be excised and cured. Yet the Prophet Naban, whose "child" is rebelling, isn't sure the rebellion is bad. What if that which is considered criminal is instead the natural order--and those who condemn it corrupt? Exploring the dichotomy between the philosophical and the corporeal, Kim ponders the fate of free-will, as she considers the most basic of questions: who am I?
"Originally published in the Republic of Korea as three separate books: Dangsineul gidarigo isseo in 2015 by Miracle Books, Jeo iseungui seonjija in 2017 by Arzak, and Dangsinege gago isseo in 2020 by Paran Media"--Title page verso.
Four tales of speculative fiction includes the story of an engaged couple trying to fight time and space to get married and a story featuring godlike beings who created Earth and humanity and pass judgement on them
I'm waiting for you / translated by Sophie Bowman -- The prophet of corruption / translated by Sung Ryu -- That one life / translated by Sung Ryu -- On my way to you / translated by Sophie Bowman.