The Forest Called You
$29.64
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
8 June 2026
Summary
In a future Korea, ravaged by dust clouds and the deadly Akanta virus, people escape their nightmarish present through virtual reality simulations of the past.
Eighteen-year-old Soop, stigmatised by her brush with Akanta which causes VR Rejection, is bullied for living solely in the real world. Her only solace is K-pop music. When she encounters her idol, Yichae, whose new music video is being filmed at Soop’s high school, she sees a chance for real connection.
But Yichae has …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781787305434 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1787305430 |
| Author: | Amil, Joheun Lee |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Harvill |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 8 June 2026 |
| Weight: | 300g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 135mm x 20mm |
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About The Author
Amil
Amil (Author)
Amil is a South Korean writer and translator. She has won numerous awards for her short stories, including the SF Award in the Short-Mid Novel category for ‘Roadkill’ and the SF Award Grand Prize for ‘Rabbi’, both of which feature in her debut story collection in English, Roadkill. Amil has translated works by authors including James Baldwin, Joyce Carol Oates, Jeanette Winterson, R. O. Kwon and Lucas Rijneveld into Korean.
Joheun Lee (Translator)
Joheun Lee is a Korean-to-English literary translator from Korea, drawn to stories of desire, relationships and identity by women and queer writers. Her translations include Lee Heejoo’s Holy Boy and Amil’s short story ‘A Butch’s Review of a Sex Robot’. She lives in Shanghai with her partner and four cats.
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