A Thousand Blues

It’s only when we slow down that we can truly experience joy …

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 Coli into her care and learns how the robot is designed to be a humanoid jockey who has mistakenly been programmed to have feelings.

She and Coli are determined to rescue a 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 begin to gallop too fast – her joints are at breaking point.

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-moving world of toxic productivity and consumerism. Brimming with heart, hope and rage, it shows with startling clarity how, by slowing down, we can fully experience life’s wonder and joy.

Source:  publisher’s website

Born in 1993, Cheon Seon-ran is a graduate of Dankook University and Anyang Arts school. She often dreams of a world where humans become a minority in a world of flora and fauna, and what the end of the world might look like. She penned her thoughts down in this novel which won the 4th Korea Sci-fi Literature Award. A THOUSAND BLUES has been adapted as a stage musical in Korea and will be published around the world.