Amil

The Forest Called You (eBook, ePUB)

Übersetzer: Lee, Joheun

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A love letter to K-pop and a queer coming-of-age romance between an idol and her fan, about staying true to our passions in an increasingly artificial world

In a future Korea, the world has been ravaged by dust clouds and the deadly Akanta virus. Rather than live in their nightmarish present, people slip on virtual reality headsets to indulge in nostalgic simulations of the past.

Eighteen-year-old Soop - stigmatised due to her brush with Akanta, which causes VR Rejection - is bullied at school for having to live solely in the real world. Her only solace comes from the K-pop music she listens to on repeat. When a chance encounter brings Soop face-to-face with her idol, Yichae, a super-star whose new music video is being filmed at Soop's high school, she hopes this might be her chance at real connection.

But Yichae has her own troubles. She is one of the few remaining 'real' human idols. In a K-pop world where virtual stars dominate, Yichae is forced to live up to unattainable beauty and body standards, under the guise of being celebrated for her supposed authenticity.

The Forest Called You is a love letter to K-pop, romance and high-school politics - a novel about staying true to our passions and loving ourselves and each other in an increasingly artificial world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Vintage Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juni 2026
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781529962383
• Artikelnr.: 75379611

Autorenporträt

Amil (Author)
Amil is a South Korean writer and translator. She has won numerous awards for her short stories, including the SF Award in the Short-Mid Novel category for 'Roadkill' and the SF Award Grand Prize for 'Rabbi', both of which feature in her debut story collection in English, Roadkill. Amil has translated works by authors including James Baldwin, Joyce Carol Oates, Jeanette Winterson, R. O. Kwon and Lucas Rijneveld into Korean.

Joheun Lee (Translator)
Joheun Lee is a Korean-to-English literary translator from Korea, drawn to stories of desire, relationships and identity by women and queer writers. Her translations include Lee Heejoo's Holy Boy and Amil's short story 'A Butch's Review of a Sex Robot'. She lives in Shanghai with her partner and four cats.