You can't fall in love in a week
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Description
Book Introduction
A new collection of short stories by Kim Dong-sik, who made a huge impact on the Korean literary world with his debut work, "Gray Man," in 2018.
We've collected 23 short stories, including works that received a good response when serialized on Kakao Page and unpublished new works that showcase the author's unique attempts.
The title piece, "Can't Love in a Week," is a survival romance about a man and a woman who fall in love a week before Earth's destruction. Kim Dong-sik, a writer known for his work across genres like science fiction, horror, thriller, and fantasy, has tackled the romance genre for the first time.
This novel has a lyrical and romantic atmosphere that is different from Kim Dong-sik's previous novels, and the story is more complete with his unique imagination and surprising twists.
『Can't Love in a Week』 has selected only works of high quality that go beyond the freshness of existing short story collections and demonstrate the writer's potential for sustainability.
This is a collection of short stories that delivers “a sensory shock that makes you question what you believed in and see things you didn’t want to see” (Jeong Se-rang).
We've collected 23 short stories, including works that received a good response when serialized on Kakao Page and unpublished new works that showcase the author's unique attempts.
The title piece, "Can't Love in a Week," is a survival romance about a man and a woman who fall in love a week before Earth's destruction. Kim Dong-sik, a writer known for his work across genres like science fiction, horror, thriller, and fantasy, has tackled the romance genre for the first time.
This novel has a lyrical and romantic atmosphere that is different from Kim Dong-sik's previous novels, and the story is more complete with his unique imagination and surprising twists.
『Can't Love in a Week』 has selected only works of high quality that go beyond the freshness of existing short story collections and demonstrate the writer's potential for sustainability.
This is a collection of short stories that delivers “a sensory shock that makes you question what you believed in and see things you didn’t want to see” (Jeong Se-rang).
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Preview
index
You can't fall in love in a week
A plausible story
Four wishes
Chairman Kim's drink combination
A man who is too cold
money-buying machine
4 years ago
Planetary Interior
freedom of violence
Super Hero Company
The real villain
Stories of great men
Before proposing
Indecisive AI
If only I could get rid of my wife's body
Numbers above your head
unlucky day
You won't believe it
Friend Life Arm
The Worst Auction
young lover effect
Qualification to kill
Reincarnation Shopping
Author's Note
Recommendation
A plausible story
Four wishes
Chairman Kim's drink combination
A man who is too cold
money-buying machine
4 years ago
Planetary Interior
freedom of violence
Super Hero Company
The real villain
Stories of great men
Before proposing
Indecisive AI
If only I could get rid of my wife's body
Numbers above your head
unlucky day
You won't believe it
Friend Life Arm
The Worst Auction
young lover effect
Qualification to kill
Reincarnation Shopping
Author's Note
Recommendation
Into the book
[Many citizens from all over the world are sending gifts and items of support.
They say that this is all they can do, but that heart is the greatest strength.
We, humanity, will definitely overcome.]
--- From "You Can't Love in a Week"
“Listen carefully to what I have to say.
We can live different lives.
I mean a truly happy life.
Go back in time and tell me the truth.
“I don’t have time, so hurry.”
--- From "4 Years Ago"
[I heard that people these days are worse than Satan, so I came down to see how bad it was, and it really is! If this continues, Satan will end up unemployed.
ha ha ha.
Anyway, since I came down to the human world, I was looking around and saw that the humans had some amazing ideas. It seemed like an idea worth investing all my life's accumulated demonic power into, so I decided to give it a try!
--- From "Numbers Above Your Head"
What if I had recognized my wife's arms, her legs, her torso? If only I had known her just a little more…
They say that this is all they can do, but that heart is the greatest strength.
We, humanity, will definitely overcome.]
--- From "You Can't Love in a Week"
“Listen carefully to what I have to say.
We can live different lives.
I mean a truly happy life.
Go back in time and tell me the truth.
“I don’t have time, so hurry.”
--- From "4 Years Ago"
[I heard that people these days are worse than Satan, so I came down to see how bad it was, and it really is! If this continues, Satan will end up unemployed.
ha ha ha.
Anyway, since I came down to the human world, I was looking around and saw that the humans had some amazing ideas. It seemed like an idea worth investing all my life's accumulated demonic power into, so I decided to give it a try!
--- From "Numbers Above Your Head"
What if I had recognized my wife's arms, her legs, her torso? If only I had known her just a little more…
--- From "If Only I Could Get Rid of My Wife's Corpse"
Publisher's Review
The eighth story in the "Kim Dong-sik Novel Collection" presented by author Kim Dong-sik, who broke the mold of the Korean literary world and appeared before us with a short story posted on an online community.
A bizarre imagination that crosses genres
Sci-fi, horror, thriller, fantasy… this time it’s survival romance!
Kim Dong-sik's bizarre imagination, which crosses genres such as science fiction, horror, thriller, and fantasy, is now heading towards romance.
The title piece, "Can't Love in a Week," is a survival romance about a man and a woman who fall in love a week before the destruction of the Earth.
The only way to prevent the apocalypse caused by a meteor strike is frustrated by the lack of time, which is only a week… .
When all hope is lost, ordinary police officer Kim Nam-woo and Hong Hye-hwa, who has special abilities, meet by chance.
What can we do in a week—too little time to save the planet or fall in love? The dazzling light shines through the struggles of ordinary people to protect the simple moments of everyday life, to survive, and to love, as their daily lives are threatened.
And it makes us realize that what protects this world is the seemingly meaningless struggle of those individuals.
"Can't Love in a Week," which received praise as "a work with a unique combination of emotions and material" (Ahn Gook-jin), received attention early on when it was serialized on Kakao Page, signed a contract for video production with MBC, and is scheduled to air as a wavve original in the second half of 2020.
Makes you doubt what you believed,
A sensory shock that makes you see things you didn't want to see!
A collection of novels reminiscent of the nostalgic series [Fantasy Express]
★★★★★ Kakao Page Readers' Reactions ★★★★★
It was the first time I felt a pulsating sensation in my head, as if an electric shock was coming from it.
Goosebumps! _"You can't fall in love in a week."
This is like a real movie.
_「You can't fall in love in a week」
Tail chasing tail... Thumbs up! This world is coming soon.
_"Indecisive AI"
It felt like a glimpse into the daily life of a psychopath.
_「Qualification to Kill」
Your writing skills are divine.
I almost cried.
moved….
_"A man so cold"
『Can't Love in a Week』 is a collection of 23 works in total, including works that received good responses when serialized on the web novel platform Kakao Page, as well as 5 new, unreleased works that show the author's unique attempts.
This new collection of short stories is a selection of works that go beyond freshness and demonstrate the writer's potential for sustainability.
Kim Dong-sik's novels transcend the past, present, and future, and are set in dreams, reincarnation, and the multiverse, and are not bound by time or space.
Yet, these strange stories do not feel so distant, and in fact, they draw us into their narratives and immerse us even more than novels dealing with our daily lives.
This is because the author uses various social issues as the subject of his stories, such as YouTube (Chairman Kim's Drink Combination), autonomous driving and artificial intelligence robots (Indecisive Artificial Intelligence), noise between floors (Story of a Great Man), and workplace bullying (Freedom of Violence).
The author, who brings everyday materials into an extraordinary space and time, poses choices and questions that everyone can relate to, but to which no one can easily give answers.
The reader jumps into that dilemma, imagines his own choices, and ultimately becomes the protagonist of Kim Dong-sik's novel.
This collection of short stories stands out for its “sensory shock that makes you question what you believed and see what you didn’t want to see” (Jeong Se-rang).
A bizarre imagination that crosses genres
Sci-fi, horror, thriller, fantasy… this time it’s survival romance!
Kim Dong-sik's bizarre imagination, which crosses genres such as science fiction, horror, thriller, and fantasy, is now heading towards romance.
The title piece, "Can't Love in a Week," is a survival romance about a man and a woman who fall in love a week before the destruction of the Earth.
The only way to prevent the apocalypse caused by a meteor strike is frustrated by the lack of time, which is only a week… .
When all hope is lost, ordinary police officer Kim Nam-woo and Hong Hye-hwa, who has special abilities, meet by chance.
What can we do in a week—too little time to save the planet or fall in love? The dazzling light shines through the struggles of ordinary people to protect the simple moments of everyday life, to survive, and to love, as their daily lives are threatened.
And it makes us realize that what protects this world is the seemingly meaningless struggle of those individuals.
"Can't Love in a Week," which received praise as "a work with a unique combination of emotions and material" (Ahn Gook-jin), received attention early on when it was serialized on Kakao Page, signed a contract for video production with MBC, and is scheduled to air as a wavve original in the second half of 2020.
Makes you doubt what you believed,
A sensory shock that makes you see things you didn't want to see!
A collection of novels reminiscent of the nostalgic series [Fantasy Express]
★★★★★ Kakao Page Readers' Reactions ★★★★★
It was the first time I felt a pulsating sensation in my head, as if an electric shock was coming from it.
Goosebumps! _"You can't fall in love in a week."
This is like a real movie.
_「You can't fall in love in a week」
Tail chasing tail... Thumbs up! This world is coming soon.
_"Indecisive AI"
It felt like a glimpse into the daily life of a psychopath.
_「Qualification to Kill」
Your writing skills are divine.
I almost cried.
moved….
_"A man so cold"
『Can't Love in a Week』 is a collection of 23 works in total, including works that received good responses when serialized on the web novel platform Kakao Page, as well as 5 new, unreleased works that show the author's unique attempts.
This new collection of short stories is a selection of works that go beyond freshness and demonstrate the writer's potential for sustainability.
Kim Dong-sik's novels transcend the past, present, and future, and are set in dreams, reincarnation, and the multiverse, and are not bound by time or space.
Yet, these strange stories do not feel so distant, and in fact, they draw us into their narratives and immerse us even more than novels dealing with our daily lives.
This is because the author uses various social issues as the subject of his stories, such as YouTube (Chairman Kim's Drink Combination), autonomous driving and artificial intelligence robots (Indecisive Artificial Intelligence), noise between floors (Story of a Great Man), and workplace bullying (Freedom of Violence).
The author, who brings everyday materials into an extraordinary space and time, poses choices and questions that everyone can relate to, but to which no one can easily give answers.
The reader jumps into that dilemma, imagines his own choices, and ultimately becomes the protagonist of Kim Dong-sik's novel.
This collection of short stories stands out for its “sensory shock that makes you question what you believed and see what you didn’t want to see” (Jeong Se-rang).
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: March 20, 2020
- Page count, weight, size: 392 pages | 474g | 135*210*19mm
- ISBN13: 9791190594035
- ISBN10: 119059403X
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