From the acclaimed author of Beasts of a Little Land and Reeses Book Club pick City of Night Birds, an exquisite story collection about humans in precarious balance with the natural world.
A rare jewel essential reading for right now COCO MELLORS
Kims work is ambitious, elegant and deeply intellectual PANDORA SYKES
'ResonantaffectinglyricalThroughout the collection, fleeting connections offer glimmers of hopeHer fiction offers a powerful reminder of what we stand to lose; that we are part of nature; and we have within ourselves everything we need to save humanity
Financial Times
'Finely wrought storiesexamining human selfishness and finding gleaming moments of care and conviction, often prompted by an encounter with a nonhuman being. Humanness, Kim suggests, cannot be wrested from the natural world: when we lose the latter, we lose ourselves' The New Yorker
What does it mean to live on our miraculous planet?
Vivid, transportive, and heartfelt, each of these ten stories is a reflection of individual choice in the face of manmade apocalypse: in a near-future Seoul encased by a translucent biodome, a civil engineer charged with its upkeep contemplates an arranged marriage. An American painter travels to the South of France and is seduced by an entrepreneur who claims to have unlocked human consciousness. And where the Indian and Pacific Oceans meet, on an island that has turned into a gargantuan landfill from other countries waste, a boy has a fateful brush with K-pop superstars.
For readers of Richard Powers, Elif Shafak and Barbara Kingsolver, Juhea Kims first story collection views our world from breathtaking heights. A Love Story from the End of the World is an impassioned reminder that our humanity and our best hope will always be found in nature.
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