The meeting between a group of emigrants and a mysterious, wandering actress in an empty train station sets the stage for Bae Suah's fragmentary yet lyrical meditation on language, travel, and memory. As the actress recounts the fascinating story of her stateless existence, an unreliable narrator and the interruptions of her audience challenge traditional notions of storytelling and identity.

First English-language story collection from one of Korea's most exciting young writers.

The acclaimed Korean author weaves a "disturbing, beautifully controlled" metaphysical detective story "of doubles, shadows, and parallel worlds" ( Financial Times).It's Ayami's final day working the box-office at Seoul's only audio theater for the blind. Her last shift completed, she walks the streets with her former boss, searching for a missing friend. Their conversations take in art, love, food, and the inaccessible country to the north.The next ...

Notti invisibili, giorni sconosciuti è il racconto di un giorno e una notte nel caldo torrido dell'estate di Seul. Per due anni, l'ex attrice ventottenne Ayami ha lavorato nell'unico «teatro sonoro» di Seul per non vedenti. Ma ora il teatro sta cessando l'attività e il futuro di Ayami è incerto. Completato il suo ultimo turno e chiuso il teatro per sempre, Ayami cammina per le strade della città con il suo ex capo fino a notte fonda. Insieme cercano un'amica comune che è scomparsa, mentre ...

'As cryptic and compelling as a fever dream... Bae Suah is one of the most unique and adroit literary voices working today' Sharlene TeoFinishing her last shift at Seoul's only audio theatre for the blind, Kim Ayami heads into the night with her former boss, searching for a missing friend. The following day, she looks after a visiting poet, a man who is not as he seems. Unfolding over a night and a day in the sweltering summer heat, their world's order gives way to...

A heart-wrenching novel of the two love affairs a young Korean writer experiences while living in Germany.

Die 28-jährige Ayami ist Assistentin im einzigen Hörtheater von Seoul, nun wird es für immer geschlossen. Ohne eine Vorstellung davon zu haben, wie ihr Leben künftig aussehen soll, streift sie bis spät in die Nacht mit dem Theaterdirektor durch die Straßen der Stadt, sie suchen nach einer gemeinsamen verschollenen Freundin und sprechen über Lyrik, Teilzeitjobs und die Vergeblichkeit von Liebe. Am nächsten Tag verdingt sie sich als Dolmetscherin eines gerade angereisten Krimiautors, sie spr...

Neste romance de uma das vozes mais originais e ousadas da nova literatura sul-coreana, o leitor embarca em uma jornada onírica por uma Seul densa e misteriosa. Após perder seu emprego em um teatro para cegos, a atriz Ayami vaga pelas ruas à procura de uma professora desaparecida enquanto a realidade parece pouco a pouco se desfazer, e elementos enigmáticos ressurgem em outros locais, quando o livro nos conduz à ensolarada Valparaíso. "Noite e dia desconhecidos" remete aos melhores filmes ...