'A book to chew on and savour a deft delve into the intricacies of love and art' Chicago
Review of Books 'The narrative scatters the quiet beauty of human connection like
constellations' Kyung-sook Shin author Please Look After Mom and Violets '[A] strange
dark lovely novel' Lit Hub ____________________ 'If you wanted to end your life
instantly perfectly you needed practice and preparation.' A sculptor and architect cross
paths once in Seoul and they meet again in Tokyo. The sculptor has decided she is going to
die. She is learning to prepare a fatal serving of blowfish. This was how her grandmother
killed herself in front of her husband and child. Delicate artful but with a sense of
guaranteed finality. The architect's life has been marred by death. His elder brother leapt to
his death from the fifth floor of an apartment building. He too is pondering his own exit from
this life. For the woman the man is a pitstop on the road to her own suicide. For the man
the woman is a way to forestall his death and offer him an exit. Through the impressions they
leave on each other they reflect on their own lives. Taking readers through various urban
spaces of Seoul and Tokyo Blowfish delves into the inner lives of two people contemplating
their failures in love and art. What truly makes life worth living?
