Discover the Korean runaway prizewinning bestseller for fans of LONELY CASTLE IN THE MIRROR and
KLARA AND THE SUN'A stunning story of love care and sacrifice' BORA CHUNG author of CURSED
BUNNY_____________Let's all learn how to slow down ... 2035: In the shadow of a race course a
young woman finds a robot named Coli on a scrap heap contemplating the sky. Intrigued she
takes him into her care and learns how he is designed to be a humanoid jockey. She and Coli are
determined to rescue his beloved race horse who is heading for the knackers' yard after a
lifetime of overwork. To remind the horse of happier times they hatch a special plan to let
her run another race. But it will be no ordinary event- they will train her to run the slowest
time of her life. In the heat of the race Coli feels the horse running too fast. She is in
pain and will soon injure herself. To save his friend Coli will commit one final act of
bravery ... Radiant urgent deeply moving A Thousand Blues is a hymn to our earth and to our
humanity giving powerful voice to those left behind in a fast forward-moving world of toxic
productivity and competition. Brimming with heart hope and rage it shows how friendship
community and sacrifice will set us free. __________'A stunningly crafted novel evoking a
myriad emotions' Kim Bo-young'A dazzling warm novel that shows us how to move forward as a
society without leaving anyone or anything behind' Choi Jin-young author of To the Warm
Horizon'A breath of fresh air in the sci-fi genre' *****'Feels like a feather softly descending
and tickling my heart' *****'A sci-fi novel full of human warmth' *****
