Luminous [electronic resource]

Silvia Park2025

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Prepare for a breathtaking vision of your future The lonely worlds of three very unusual siblings collide in this breathtaking tale of what it means to be human Three siblings. Two human, one robot. The spectacular new debut about what it means to be alive. 'Wildly and, yes, luminously emotional.' Matt Haig, author of The Midnight Library 'Searching and masterful, Park’s Luminous engrossed me completely.' Sierra Greer, author of Annie Bot In a recently reunified Korea, robots have integrated seamlessly into society. They are our teachers, our bus drivers and policemen. They are our lovers. They are even our children. Eleven-year-old Ruijie sifts through scrap metal in a Seoul junkyard, searching for anything that might repair her failing body. There amongst the piles of junk she happens across a robot boy: lifelike, strange and unlike anything she's seen before. Across the city, estranged siblings Jun and Morgan Cho haven't spoken since the abrupt disappe...