Sublimation

The international bestseller. A masterful tale of doppelgängers, betrayal and uncovering who you are.<BR>'A mind bending thriller about personhood, homeland nostalgia, global migration, and all forms of alienation' - R. F. Kuang, author of Yellowface and Katabasis<BR><BR>'Brilliantly realised, imaginative and compelling' - The Guardian<BR><BR>When you emigrate, you leave a version of yourself behind. One instance crosses the border; the other instance stays trapped behind it.<BR><BR>Some instances keep in touch, call each other daily, synchronize their lives and minds in the hopes of reintegrating and resuming a life as one person. Other instances, like Soyoung Rose Kang, leave home at age ten and never speak to their other selves again.<BR><BR>With a life of her own in New York, Rose never imagined she'd return to Korea. Then her grandfather dies and Soyoung, her Korean instance, summons her home for the funeral.<BR><BR>But Soyoung's motives aren't as innocent as Rose imagined, and the consequences of Rose's return to Seoul will change her forever.<BR><BR>Soyoung plans to steal her body - and her life.<BR><BR>From Nebula Award-winning author Isabel J. Kim, Sublimation is an immigrant tale like no other, capturing the longing for another life and twisting it into a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse.<BR><BR>'Remarkable' - The New York Times<BR><BR>'One of the best debuts of the year' - John Scalzi<BR><BR><BR>5 STAR READER REVIEWS<BR><BR>'This book had me hooked from the very first chapter' *****<BR>'One of the best debut novels I've read in recent years' *****<BR>'Wow. what a thought provoking and thoughtful novel' *****<BR>'An incredible concept for a book' *****<BR>'Sublimation lives up to the hype' *****<BR>'A harshly beautiful story about the impossible choices in life and what could be' *****<BR>