A Thousand Blues

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2035: In the shadow of a race course, a young woman finds a robot named Coli on a scrapheap. Intrigued, she takes him into her care, and learns how he is designed to be a humanoid jockey. She and Coli are determined to rescue his beloved horse who is heading for the knackers’ yard. 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 running too fast. She is in pain and will soon injure herself. To save his friend, Coli will commit one final act of bravery.

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‘Engaging, touching, subtly disturbing’ K-Lit Review

‘A stunningly crafted novel, evoking a myriad emotions’ Kim Bo-young

‘A dazzling, warm novel that shows us how to move forward as a society without leaving anyone or anything behind’ Choi Jin-young, author of To the Warm Horizon

From its perch on top of a pile of junk inside a shed, Coli, a robot with powerful observational qualities, waits patiently for someone to find it.

Coli is special among AI robots. This is because Coli has the capacity for emotion.

Today, Coli is feeling particularly in awe – of the sky in all its wondrous shades of blue.

Luckily for Coli, a young girl is about to pass by. She is obsessed with robots.

Together, they will save a life.

But first, they must make friends, put themselves at risk, and pull off the mother of all deceptions.

‘Feels like a feather softly descending and tickling my heart’ Reader review *****
A breath of fresh air’ Reader review *****
‘Full of human warmth’ Reader review ****

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Weight 0.232 kg
Dimensions 19.7 × 12.8 × 2.2 cm
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Cover

Paperback

Pages

320

Language

English

Edition

1st paperback ed

Dewey

895.735 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K