A Thousand Blues

Discover the original and uplifting Korean prize-winner for fans of CONVENIENCE STORE WOMAN, KLARA AND THE SUN and I WHO HAVE NEVER KNOWN MEN<BR>'A stunning story of love, care and sacrifice' Bora Chung, author of Cursed Bunny <BR>'Feels like a feather softly descending and tickling my heart' Reader review *****<BR>'A breath of fresh air' Reader review *****<BR>'Full of human warmth' *****<BR>_____________<BR><BR>IT TAKES A MACHINE WITH HEART TO SAVE A LIFE<BR>From its perch on top of a pile of junk inside a shed, Coli, a robot with powerful observational qualities, waits patiently for someone to find it.<BR><BR>Coli is special among humanoids. This is because Coli has the capacity for emotion.<BR><BR>Today, Coli is feeling particularly in awe - of the sky in all its wondrous shades of blue.<BR><BR>Luckily for Coli, a young girl is about to pass by. She is obsessed with robots.<BR><BR>Together, they will save a life.<BR><BR>But first, they must become friends, play with danger, and pull off the mother of all deceptions.<BR>_________<BR><BR>'Engaging, touching, subtly disturbing' K-Lit Review<BR><BR>'A stunningly crafted novel, evoking a myriad emotions' Kim Bo-young<BR><BR>'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<BR>

'Skillfully translated . . . Cheon's novel is more than a queer paranormal mystery' - firstCLUE<BR>'An incredible blend of a murder mystery and vampire fantasy' - Reader review<BR>'Stuffed to the brim with mystery, queer romance, and just the right dash of supernatural spice' - Reader review<BR><BR>___________________<BR><BR>A bestseller in Korea, a biting, fast-paced vampire murder mystery exploring sapphic love and the consequences of loneliness.<BR><BR>On the lonely outskirts of Seoul, reports come in of a series of suicides at a hospital. The strange and bloodless nature of the elderly victims is dismissed by most, but not Detective Suyeon.<BR><BR>As Suyeon begins her investigation, a mysterious woman named Violette appears at the crime scene and gives Suyeon the answer: a vampire did it.<BR><BR>The two women begin the hunt for an ancient, supernatural culprit which, in turn, reveals a landscape of modern isolation in a dark, nocturnal Seoul. But as the investigation unfurls, past and present romance and loneliness intertwine it becomes increasingly clear that they, too, are being hunted.<BR><BR>Sometimes the monsters we seek are less frightening than being alone.<BR><BR>The Midnight Shift is a gripping mystery, overflowing with commentary about societal isolation and loneliness, the sharp knife of grief, and the effects of marginalisation, perfect for readers of Cursed Bunny, Woman, Eating and A Certain Hunger.

A Finalist for the 2026 Locus Awards<BR><BR>A bestseller in Korea, a biting, fast-paced vampire murder mystery exploring queer love and the consequences of loneliness.<BR><BR>When four isolated elderly people die back-to-back at the same hospital by jumping out of the sixth-floor window, Su-Yeon doesn't understand why she's the only one at her precinct that seems to care. But her colleagues at the police force dismiss the case as a series of unfortunate suicides due to the patients' loneliness. But Su-Yeon doesn't have the privilege of looking away: her dearest friend, Grandma Eun-Shim, lives on the sixth floor, and Su-Yeon is terrified that something will happen to her next.<BR><BR>As Su-Yeon begins her investigation alone, she runs into a mysterious woman named Violette at the crime scene. Violette claims to be a vampire hunter, searching for her ex-lover, Lily, and is insistent that a vampire is behind the mysterious deaths. Su-Yeon is skeptical at first, but when a fifth victim jumps from the window, her investigation reveals the body was completely drained of blood. Desperate to discover the cause of the deaths, Su-Yeon considers Violette's explanation-that something supernatural is involved.<BR><BR>The Midnight Shift is a gripping mystery, overflowing with commentary about societal isolation and loneliness, the sharp knife of grief, and the effects of marginalization, perfect for readers of Cursed Bunny; Woman, Eating; and A Certain Hunger.

Das einstige Spitzenrennpferd Today, das, gnadenlos zu Höchstleistungen getrieben, wegen seiner kaputten Gelenke eingeschläfert werden soll; Koli, der zerborstene Roboter-Jockey, der durch eine Chip-Verwechslung menschliche Gefühle besitzt, die er eigentlich nicht haben dürfte, Eunhye, die an den Rollstuhl gefesselt ist, da ihre Mutter das Geld für die Transplantation künstlicher Beine nicht aufbringen kann, Yeonjae, die vor einer ungewissen Zukunft steht, und Bogyeong, die unendlich um ihren verlorenen Gefährten trauert ... Dieser zauberhafte Roman gibt seinen Figuren, die in einer sich immer rasanter drehenden kapitalistischen Welt abgehängt zu werden drohen, eine Stimme. So ist Tausend Arten von Blau eine Geschichte über Hoffnung, Trost und die wahre Bedeutung von Glück.

Quando Suyeon, una giovane investigatrice alle prese con una serie di apparenti suicidi all'interno di un ospedale, incontra Wanda, una donna avvolta in un cappotto nero che si aggira sul luogo delle morti misteriose, non immagina certo di trovare in lei un valido aiuto per condurre le indagini. Wanda, infatti, non ha dubbi: le vittime non si sono gettate dal sesto piano, ma sono state uccise. Ed è convinta che il vero responsabile sia un vampiro. Da principio per Suyeon questa ipotesi non è contemplabile, ma effettivamente troppe cose non tornano. E in particolare è un dettaglio a far vacillare le sue certezze: sui cadaveri ci sono pochissime tracce di sangue, incompatibili con una caduta dal sesto piano. Wanda conosce fin troppo bene il mondo dei vampiri: sa che agiscono nel cuore della notte e che si nutrono del sangue di persone sole. Conosce la loro forza e le loro debolezze. E Suyeon ha bisogno di lei per identificare il colpevole. Accanto a loro, Nanju - l'infermiera del turno di notte - sembra muoversi nell'ombra: chi sta nascondendo, e perché? Per Suyeon e Wanda collaborare significherà molto più che risolvere un caso di omicidio: per la prima vorrà dire abbandonare le proprie certezze e contemplare la presenza di creature soprannaturali. Per la seconda, invece, significherà ripercorrere il proprio passato e rivivere, a distanza, quel primo amore mai dimenticato. Un romanzo dalle tinte fantasy estremamente avvincente, che mescola la componente romance con quella del giallo, dove le protagoniste sono eroine coraggiose che controllano il proprio destino e si aiutano per sopravvivere. Una storia che esplora con onestà l'amicizia al femminile, l'amore nelle sue molteplici forme, ma anche la solitudine e l'emarginazione, e che ha confermato Cheon Seon-ran come una delle voci coreane emergenti più importanti della sua generazione.