Saba Samsara 'West' Duology
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- Year of Production
- 2024
Summary
From the National Book Award longlisted author of On the Origin of Species and the script advisor of Bong Joon-ho's Snowpiercer, this whole new mind-expanding fantasy will set a new standard for the genre.
A wondrous world where wounds become amazing weapons, where earnest human desires that have been born and died over the millennia take on marvelous forms and fight for their fate, ‘Shim-so’. Against the backdrop of Yeonnam-dong, Seoul, another incredible world unfolds over reality.
One late autumn night, a boy runs through the streets of Yeonam-dong. In tattered slippers with disheveled hair, sixteen-year-old Su-ho runs alone through the warm and dazzling streets. That night when he knew his father's violence had crossed the line, that night when he thought he might really die if things continued this way, an unknown voice whispered in Su-ho's ear, Get help, otherwise Magunii will get to you, and he ran out of home. He enters a convenience store to escape the cold of the night, and there he encounters a young girl with a prosthetic leg and a strange woman with half of her body covered in burns. And that night he opens the door to another strange world, 'Shim-so', which overlaps with where he is standing, in the middle of Seoul.
In Shim-so, a girl who was just a child until just a moment ago becomes a strong swordswoman and defeats enemies, and a giant blue dragon carrying her on its back strikes down lightning. In that world, even Su-ho experiences the wound on his finger that was broken by his father transforming into a dagger of incredible power. Where on earth is this place and who are they? And who is it that speaks from the
depths of Su-ho's heart and displays fighting power that he could never have imagined before?
Inspired by Asian mythologies, in this action-packed, yet philosophical story the battle between exorcists who have been reincarnated in the twisted history of Korea, the personification of desire, ‘Kama’, and ‘Maguni’ who uses them as an army begins now in the heart of Seoul.
A wondrous world where wounds become amazing weapons, where earnest human desires that have been born and died over the millennia take on marvelous forms and fight for their fate, ‘Shim-so’. Against the backdrop of Yeonnam-dong, Seoul, another incredible world unfolds over reality.
One late autumn night, a boy runs through the streets of Yeonam-dong. In tattered slippers with disheveled hair, sixteen-year-old Su-ho runs alone through the warm and dazzling streets. That night when he knew his father's violence had crossed the line, that night when he thought he might really die if things continued this way, an unknown voice whispered in Su-ho's ear, Get help, otherwise Magunii will get to you, and he ran out of home. He enters a convenience store to escape the cold of the night, and there he encounters a young girl with a prosthetic leg and a strange woman with half of her body covered in burns. And that night he opens the door to another strange world, 'Shim-so', which overlaps with where he is standing, in the middle of Seoul.
In Shim-so, a girl who was just a child until just a moment ago becomes a strong swordswoman and defeats enemies, and a giant blue dragon carrying her on its back strikes down lightning. In that world, even Su-ho experiences the wound on his finger that was broken by his father transforming into a dagger of incredible power. Where on earth is this place and who are they? And who is it that speaks from the
depths of Su-ho's heart and displays fighting power that he could never have imagined before?
Inspired by Asian mythologies, in this action-packed, yet philosophical story the battle between exorcists who have been reincarnated in the twisted history of Korea, the personification of desire, ‘Kama’, and ‘Maguni’ who uses them as an army begins now in the heart of Seoul.
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Greenbook Agency
As a literary agency, Greenbook Agency has imported more than 1,000 outstanding titles from all over the world. In 2017, Greenbook started representing the best-selling sci-fi author Kim Bo-Young. Soon after, Greenbook made a deal with HarperCollins for Kim Bo-Youngs 「I'm Waiting for You」, the first Korean science fiction to be published in the US market.
Since then, Greenbook has been adding more pages of deals and projects, representing numerous Korean writers, Djuna, Jeon Samhye, Jeon Heyjin,Park Moon-young, Yi seo-young, including Bora Chung, the author of 「Cursed Bunny」, which has short-listed for the International Booker Prize 2022.
Since then, Greenbook has been adding more pages of deals and projects, representing numerous Korean writers, Djuna, Jeon Samhye, Jeon Heyjin,Park Moon-young, Yi seo-young, including Bora Chung, the author of 「Cursed Bunny」, which has short-listed for the International Booker Prize 2022.
