THE TIMES SCIENCE FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH ‘Her fiction is a breath-taking piece of a cinematic art … powerful and graceful’ – Bong Joon-ho, Oscar-winning director of Parasite ’Dazzling’ – The Times A stunning collection of short fiction by one of South Korea’s most treasured writers, available in English for the first time.In the title story, an engaged couple working in distant corners of the galaxy plan to arrive on Earth simultaneously and walk down the aisle together. But small incidents wreak havoc on their vast journeys, pushing the date of their wedding far into the future. As centuries pass on Earth and the land and climate change, one thing is constant: the desire of the lovers to be together.Through two pairs of interlinked stories stories, Kim explores the driving forces of humanity – love, hope, creation, destruction, and the very meaning of existence.Kim Bo-Young's I'm Waiting for You is a top-tier collection of stories that travel through time and space, blending hard realism with a touch of the magical. The lovers enduring desire to be together, despite centuries of separation and a changing Earth, is a poignant exploration of love, hope, and existence.For fans of Toshikazu Kawaguchi (Before the Coffee Gets Cold), Han Kang (The Vegetarian), Bae Suah (Untold Night and Day), Bora Chung (Cursed Bunny), and Izumi Suzuki (Terminal Boredom).
