The Forest Called You
$31.09
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
9 June 2026
Summary
Worship the idol. Fall for the real girl.
In a future Korea, those who can afford to have retreated from the ravaged world outside, slipping on virtual reality headsets to lose themselves in simulations of the past.
But high school student Soop, unable to access VR, is bullied by her classmates for being forced to remain in the real world. Her only solace comes from the K-pop she listens to on repeat. When Yichae - Soop’s favourite idol - comes to film a new music video at her…
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: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 9 June 2026 |
| Weight: | 286g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 136mm x 22mm |
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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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