{"product_id":"a-love-story-from-the-end-of-the-world-stories-isbn-9780063446397","title":"A Love Story from the End of the World: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for The Story Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eBeasts of a Little Land\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCity of Night Birds,\u003c\/i\u003e an exquisite, globetrotting story collection about humans in precarious balance with the natural world\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpanning multiple locales and epochs, and rendered in fine detail and vivid color, this transportive collection shows what it means to live as human inhabitants on our one miraculous planet. Lyrical, at times hilarious, and always heartfelt, each of these ten stories is a reflection of individual choice in the face of man-made apocalypse: in a near-future Seoul, where air pollution has become so fatal that the city has been encased in a translucent biodome, a civil engineer charged with its upkeep contemplates an arranged marriage. A painter, disenchanted with New York City, travels to the South of France and falls into a dalliance with an entrepreneur who claims to have invented a new color. And on an island where the Indian and Pacific Oceans meet, upon which other countries have relegated their waste to form a mountain of landfill, a local boy facing daily privation gets internet famous for his K-pop-inspired dances. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the clear-eyed reverence of Richard Powers and the sparkling sincerity of George Saunders, Juhea Kim’s first story collection views our broken world—and broken hearts—from breathtaking heights. \u003ci\u003eA Love Story from the End of the World \u003c\/i\u003edelivers an impassioned reminder that we are human—but without nature, we are nothing at all.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\"Each one grapples with the precarity of life on our small blue planet...in tandem with emotional precarity of the individuals who populate them. There’s playfulness to be had, too...Just lovely.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarie Claire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Set in the near future, these finely wrought stories examine lives and relationships amid climate change and technological innovation.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, \"Best Books of 2025\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Resonant…affecting…lyrical…Throughout the collection, fleeting connections offer glimmers of hope…Her fiction offers a powerful reminder of what we stand to lose; that we are part of nature; and ‘we have within ourselves everything we need to save humanity’.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Impressive range that puts the author’s literary versatility on full display…Juhea Kim demonstrates once more that she is the master of using external struggles to guide the reader’s gaze inward…Her elegant, compassionate prose gently fans the air, stoking the last embers of our humanity…A deeply pensive reflection that strikes the soul.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKorea Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Juhea Kim’s haunting, poetic prose explores climate change in 10 different fantastic, speculative short stories. Propelled by Kim’s love for humanity and her deep knowledge of nature and wildlife, the book is imaginative and thought-provoking.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStefanie Milligan, The Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The spirit of this collection of stories is best described in the words from the book itself — 'Absolutely brilliant — somehow your writing makes me feel grief, but also hope'... The work of a master storyteller whose stories will resonate with every reader aware of the contemporary reality.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Telegraph India\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Kim keeps her focus trained on the human scale, writing about how\u003cbr\u003epeople continue to reach for life and one another even as the ground\u003cbr\u003ebeneath becomes less stable...The writing is clear and precise, never\u003cbr\u003eoverwrought...Kim has spoken about conceiving this short story as an\u003cbr\u003eexhibition, inspired by colors and life-changing art experiences\u003cbr\u003earound the world. Each story, indeed, feels like a distinct work, yet\u003cbr\u003eis enriched by its neighbors.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eArab News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[A] delicate story collection…excellent…Kim excels at revealing the far-reaching and destabilizing effects of traumatic events on her characters. Readers will savor these nuanced tales.”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublisher’s Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Characters…come to realize that love might be the only thing powerful enough to tether them…Well-drawn and compelling stories that span continents, encouraging the essential acts of saying or doing something to protect what we hold dear.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Lush and evocative, Juhea Kim's \u003cem\u003eA Love Story from the End of the World \u003c\/em\u003eis like a precision cut diamond that fractures light into a spectrum of possible futures on this, our wounded planet . . . Despite flights of imagination, Kim's stories ultimately tether us to the earth and demand that we give it our attention. This is an exquisite and essential collection.\" —Talia Lakshmi Kolluri, author of \u003cem\u003eWhat We Fed to the Manticore\u003c\/em\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTalia Lakshmi Kolluri, author of What We Fed to the Manticore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In \u003cem\u003eA Love Story from the End of the World\u003c\/em\u003e, Juhea Kim offers both an unsettling glimpse at what climate change might mean for our planet, and a vision of the transcendent moments of beauty and human connection that make it possible to survive in a changing world.\"\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAsh Davidson, author of Damnation Spring\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48252276998373,"sku":"NP9780063446397","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780063446397.jpg?v=1768315365","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/a-love-story-from-the-end-of-the-world-stories-isbn-9780063446397","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}