At Night He Lifts Weights
No CoverDisquieting Korean short stories of ecological dystopia, where calm surfaces hide disease, loss, and environmental collapse.
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Disquieting Korean short stories of ecological dystopia, where calm surfaces hide disease, loss, and environmental collapse.
A disquieting vision of ecological dystopia in a collection by a major Korean writer. An artist is plagued by desire for her mysterious double as disease spreads through an uncanny suburban landscape. An elderly woman suspects the old man who lifts weights in her neighborhood playground of being responsible for a spate of murders. While elsewhere, a woman who believes she's been exposed to radioactive radiation inherits a warehouse where those fleeing the city can store their possessions. Beneat...
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Desire for a mysterious double; mild sensual undertones in one story
Suspected murders; factory farming and mass animal slaughter referenced
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Female artist’s desire for her female double in one story
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No fantasy magic present
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Central ecological collapse, consumerism, and social-failure themes
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Murders, disease, radiation fear, and industrial animal slaughter
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