At Night He Lifts Weights

A disquieting vision of ecological dystopia in a collection by a major Korean writer.

An artist is plagued by desire for her mysterious double as disease spreads through an uncanny suburban landscape. An elderly woman suspects the old man who lifts weights in her neighborhood playground of being responsible for a spate of murders. While elsewhere, a woman who believes she’s been exposed to radioactive radiation inherits a warehouse where those fleeing the city can store their possessions.

Beneath the calm surface of the stories collected here, Kang Young-sook offers a disquieting vision of a society grappling with ecological catastrophe and unplaceable forms of loss. 

Author: Kang Young-Sook
Translator: Janet Hong
Publisher: Transit Books
Page Count: 225pp
Size: 5 x 7.75
Notes: paperback
Release Date: November 14, 2023
ISBN: 978-1945492709