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Brought to you by Penguin. THE #1 KOREAN INSTANT BESTSELLER AND PRIZEWINNER Discover the original and uplifting sensation for fans of CONVENIENCE STORE WOMAN and KLARA AND THE SUN From its perch on top of a pile of junk inside a shed, Coli, a robot with powerful observational qualities, waits...

Whale, set in a remote village in South Korea, follows the lives of many linked characters, including Geumbok, an extremely ambitious woman who has been chasing an indescribable thrill ever since she first saw a whale crest in the ocean; her mute daughter, Chunhui, who communicates with elephants; and a one-eyed woman who controls honeybees with a whistle. Brimming with surprises and wicked humor, Whale is an adventure-satire of epic proportions by one of the most original voices in international literature.

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down by Haemin Sunim, read by Sean Pratt. 'Is it the world that's busy, or my mind?' The world moves fast, but that doesn't mean we have to. In this timely guide to mindfulness, Haemin...

Hornclaw is a 65-year-old female contract killer who is considering retirement. A fighter who has experienced loss and grief early on in life, she lives in a state of self-imposed isolation, with just her dog, Deadweight, for company. While on an assassination job for the 'disease control' company she works for, Hornclaw makes an uncharacteristic error, causing a sequence of events that brings her past well and truly into the present.

A Korean Charlotte's Web More than 2 million copies sold This is the story of a hen named Sprout. No longer content to lay eggs on command, only to have them carted off to the market, she glimpses her future every morning through the barn doors, where the other animals roam free, and comes up...

In this tense, gripping novel by a star of Korean literature, Oghi wakes from a coma after causing a devastating car accident that took his wife's life and left him paralyzed and badly disfigured. His caretaker is his mother-in-law, a widow grieving the loss of her only child. Oghi is neglected and left alone in his bed. His world shrinks to the room he lies in and his memories of his troubled relationship with his wife, a sensitive, intelligent woman who found all of her life goals thwarted except for one: cultivating the garden in front of their house.

Brought to you by Penguin. WINNER OF THE SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARD Oghi wakes in a hospital bed unable to speak or move. The car accident that killed his wife has left him trapped in his own body and under the control of his mother-in-law, as she grieves the loss of her only child. Isolated from his...

When Yojin moves with her husband and daughter into the Dream Future Pilot Communal Apartments, she's ready for a fresh start. Located on the outskirts of Seoul, the experimental community is a government initiative designed to boost the national birth rate. Like her neighbours, Yojin has agreed to have at least two more children over the next ten years.

Ae-ran Kim's My Brilliant Life explores family bonds and out-of-the-ordinary friendships, interweaving the past and present of a tight-knit family, finding joy and happiness in even the most difficult times. Areum lives life to its fullest, vicariously through the stories of his parents, conversations with Little Grandpa Jang - his 60-year-old neighbor and best friend - and through the books he reads to visit the places he would otherwise never see. 

Zaysh was never meant to rule. Sent to the Princes' School against his will, exiled from his freedom and his desires, he returns home after three years only to discover that his brother has married into a powerful kingdom and gained the upper hand in the race for the throne. The solution standing before him seems to be a marriage with a princess of even greater political weight. Before surrendering to this new duty, Zaysh plans one final week of unrestrained freedom—a sex-filled escape before everything changes.

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.

저자: 히로시마 레이코 (Reiko Hiroshima,ひろしま れいこ,廣嶋 玲子) 가나가와현 출생. 일본의 판타지 소설 작가로 어린이들의 두터운 지지와 사랑을 받고 있다. 2006년 『물 요정의 숲』으로 제4회 주니어모험소설대상을...

저자: 히로시마 레이코 (Reiko Hiroshima,ひろしま れいこ,廣嶋 玲子) 가나가와현 출생. 일본의 판타지 소설 작가로 어린이들의 두터운 지지와 사랑을 받고 있다. 2006년 『물 요정의 숲』으로 제4회 주니어모험소설대상을...

Das epische Finale der großen Fantasy-Saga aus Korea! Die Abenteurer Kaygon Draka, Lekon Tinahan und Feuergeist Bihyung haben die Reinkarnation der Lekon-Göttin gefunden – doch der Tanzende Gott der Menschen bleibt verschwunden. Um die Macht der Nagas und ihren Krieg gegen die Völker des Nordens zu beenden, reisen sie nach Süden, ins Zentrum der Macht der Nagas. Doch die Echsenwesen, die die Macht ihrer Göttin gestohlen haben, sind nahezu unbesiegbar, wenn der Tanzende Gott nicht gefunden und eine uralte Prophezeiung erfüllt wird. Den Abenteurern bleibt nicht mehr viel Zeit.

zu lesen und Gedichte zu schreiben. Kurz nachdem er in seinem Viertel einem Mann begegnet, den er als seinesgleichen erkennt, wird bei ihm beginnende Demenz diagnostiziert. Um seine Tochter zu beschützen, plant der alte Mann, mit seinem schwindenden Gedächtnis kämpfend, einen letzten Mord.

Read by the author, A Year on Earth With Mr. Hell is the critically acclaimed début memoir by Young Kim. The book explores a liberated woman’s erotic experience in a clandestine affair without the clichéd political and cultural stereotypes of modern gender roles. It has garnered accolades from none other than The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Times London, Bret Easton Ellis, Nick Hornby, Edmund White, Greil Marcus, Rachel Seville Tashjian, Matthew D’Ancona, Liya Kebede, and Michael Bracewell.

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 a cinematic art.” —Bong Joon Ho, Academy Award-winning director of...

Brought to you by Penguin. In this world, there are two types of food: ramen and non-ramen. Yoon Ina takes ramen seriously. She makes sure to try new flavours as soon as they come out, always has enough packets stocked in the pantry, has developed her own principles and theories for making good...

Överstelöjtnant Kim Yong har oerhörda privilegier med nordkoreanska mått mätt. Han äger en importerad bil och kan åka var han vill i landet. Men förräderianklagelser raserar hela Yongs tillvaro. Han döms till Nordkoreas mest ökända arbetsläger, nr 14 i Hamgyong-provinsen–en värld av våld och tortyr. Medan han tvångsarbetar i en gruva två kilometer under marken blir dagsljus Kims enda lyx. Allt eftersom månaderna går blir han bekant med politiska fångar, omänskliga lägervakter och en apokalyptisk hungersnöd.

There’s nothing like a witch storm to unearth a century of dark secrets...and there’s nothing like a best friend with a flaming sword at your back to end them once and for all. The curse which infected those I love is over...and the woman in black is now gone. But Bestias Academy has changed since the witch storm. Secrets have resurfaced and shadows consume the dorms. An old principal haunts the hallways, leaving grave dirt in her wake. But that’s not all that’s surfaced. The fish in the pond are savaged and eaten...and one is mysteriously gone.