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Einband grossA Thousand Blues
ISBN/GTIN

A Thousand Blues

BuchGebunden
208 Seiten
Englisch
Transworld Publishers Ltderscheint am13.03.2025
Discover the Korean runaway prizewinning bestseller for fans of LONELY CASTLE IN THE MIRROR and KLARA AND THE SUN'A stunning story of love, care and sacrifice' BORA CHUNG, author of CURSED BUNNY_____________Let's all learn how to slow down ... 2035: In the shadow of a race course, a young woman finds a robot named Coli on a scrap heap, contemplating the sky. Intrigued, she takes him into her care and learns how he is designed to be a humanoid jockey. She and Coli are determined to rescue his beloved race horse who is heading for the knackers' yard after a lifetime of overwork. To remind the horse of happier times, they hatch a special plan to let her run another race. But it will be no ordinary event- they will train her to run the slowest time of her life. In the heat of the race, Coli feels the horse running too fast. She is in pain and will soon injure herself. To save his friend, Coli will commit one final act of bravery ... Radiant, urgent, deeply moving, A Thousand Blues is a hymn to our earth and to our humanity, giving powerful voice to those left behind in a fast forward-moving world of toxic productivity and competition. Brimming with heart, hope and rage, it shows how friendship, community and sacrifice will set us free. __________'A stunningly crafted novel, evoking a myriad emotions' Kim Bo-young'A dazzling, warm novel that shows us how to move forward as a society without leaving anyone or anything behind' Choi Jin-young, author of To the Warm Horizon'A breath of fresh air in the sci-fi genre' *****'Feels like a feather softly descending and tickling my heart' *****'A sci-fi novel full of human warmth' *****mehr

Produkt

KlappentextDiscover the Korean runaway prizewinning bestseller for fans of LONELY CASTLE IN THE MIRROR and KLARA AND THE SUN'A stunning story of love, care and sacrifice' BORA CHUNG, author of CURSED BUNNY_____________Let's all learn how to slow down ... 2035: In the shadow of a race course, a young woman finds a robot named Coli on a scrap heap, contemplating the sky. Intrigued, she takes him into her care and learns how he is designed to be a humanoid jockey. She and Coli are determined to rescue his beloved race horse who is heading for the knackers' yard after a lifetime of overwork. To remind the horse of happier times, they hatch a special plan to let her run another race. But it will be no ordinary event- they will train her to run the slowest time of her life. In the heat of the race, Coli feels the horse running too fast. She is in pain and will soon injure herself. To save his friend, Coli will commit one final act of bravery ... Radiant, urgent, deeply moving, A Thousand Blues is a hymn to our earth and to our humanity, giving powerful voice to those left behind in a fast forward-moving world of toxic productivity and competition. Brimming with heart, hope and rage, it shows how friendship, community and sacrifice will set us free. __________'A stunningly crafted novel, evoking a myriad emotions' Kim Bo-young'A dazzling, warm novel that shows us how to move forward as a society without leaving anyone or anything behind' Choi Jin-young, author of To the Warm Horizon'A breath of fresh air in the sci-fi genre' *****'Feels like a feather softly descending and tickling my heart' *****'A sci-fi novel full of human warmth' *****
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-1-5299-3802-9
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
Erscheinungsjahr2025
Erscheinungsdatum13.03.2025
Seiten208 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 130 mm, Höhe 204 mm, Dicke 25 mm
Gewicht500 g
Artikel-Nr.61711323
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GenreRomane Hardcover

Autor

Born in 1993, Cheon Seon-ran is a beloved author by the 'MZ Generation' (Millennials and Gen Z) of South Korea. A graduate from the department of creative writing in Anyang Arts High School, she holds a master's degree in creative writing from Dankook University. She often dreams of living in a world where humans become the minority in a world of flora and fauna, and wonders what the end of the world might look like, and what is happening elsewhere in the universe. One day, she decided to pen her thoughts down in this novel. A Thousand Blues won the 4th Korea Sci-fi Literature Award. She is the author of several novels and short-story collections. A THOUSAND BLUES has been adapted as a stage musical in Korea and is due to be published around the world.
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