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“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...

Visionary Korean author Kim Bo-Young unleashes a Lovecraftian nightmare of infection, transformation, and abomination. While waiting for a train to Haewon, an isolated Korean seaside village, bodyguard Muyoung gets a disaster alert on her phone. TVs throughout the station report breaking news of...

In the title story, an engaged couple working in distant corners of the galaxy plan to arrive on Earth simultaneously and walk down the aisle together. But small incidents wreak havoc on their vast journeys, pushing the date of their wedding far into the future. As centuries pass on Earth and the land and climate change, one thing is constant: the desire of the lovers to be together. Through two pairs of interlinked stories stories, Kim explores the driving forces of humanity - love, hope, creation, destruction, and the very meaning of existence.

Zwei Liebende wollen heiraten, doch zuvor müssen sie in unterschiedliche Ecken unserer Galaxis reisen. Mithilfe der Relativität wollen sie sicherstellen, dass sie dennoch am selben Tag wieder auf der Erde ankommen. Doch immer wieder machen ihnen unvorhergesehene Zwischenfälle einen Strich durch die Rechnung, und so werden Jahrhunderte vergehen, bis sie wieder auf der Erde eintreffen.

First the flood Next the sickness Last the change Visionary Korean author Kim Bo-Young unleashes a Lovecraftian nightmare of infection, transformation, and abomination. “[Kim Bo-Young's] fiction is a breathtaking piece of cinematic art.” —Bong Joon Ho, Academy Award-winning director of...