The black orb / Ewhan Kim ; translated by Sean Lin Halbert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kim, I-hwan, 1978- author.

Contributor:

Halbert, Sean Lin, translator.

Standardized Title:

Chŏlmang ŭi ku. English

Language:

English

Korean

Subjects (All):

Disasters--Fiction.

Disasters.

Collective behavior--Fiction.

Collective behavior.

Science fiction, Korean.

Satire, Korean.

Korean fiction.

Seoul (Korea)--Fiction.

Seoul (Korea).

Genre:

Science fiction.

Dystopian fiction.

Thrillers (Fiction)

Novels.

Physical Description:

299 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Ontario : Mira, [2025]

Language Note:

Translated from the Korean.

Summary:

"One evening in downtown Seoul, Jeong-su is smoking a cigarette outside when he sees something impossible: a huge black orb appears out of nowhere and sucks his neighbour inside. The orb soon begins consuming other people and no one knows how to stop it... Impervious to bullets and tanks, the orb splits and multiplies, chasing the hapless residents of Seoul out into the country and sparking a global crisis with widespread violence and looting. Jeong-su must rely upon his wits as he makes the arduous journey in search of his elderly parents. But the strangest phases of this ever-expanding disaster are yet to come and Jeong-su will be forced to question everything he's taken for granted. A piercinglydark, surreal satire on mass panic, disaster response and modern masculinity."-- From publisher description.

Notes:

"A novel"--Jacket.

ISBN:

9780778387343

0778387348

OCLC:

1485653533

Publisher Number:

90103489476