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What is Luminous: A novel about?

A highly anticipated, sweeping debut set in a unified Korea that tells the story of three estranged siblings —two human, one robot—as they collide against the backdrop of a murder investigation to settle old scores and make sense of their shattered childhood , perfect for fans of Klara and the Sun and We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves. In a reunified Korea of the future, robots have been integrated into society as surrogates, servants, children, and even lovers. Though boundaries between bionic and organic frequently blur, these robots are decidedly second-class citizens. Jun and Morgan, two siblings estranged for many years, are haunted by the memory of their lost brother, Yoyo, who was warm, sensitive, and very nearly human. Jun, a war veteran turned detective of the lowly Robot Crimes Unit in Seoul, becomes consumed by an investigation that reconnects him with his sister Morgan, now a prominent robot designer working for a top firm, who is, embarrassingly, dating one of her creations in secret. On the other side of Seoul in a junkyard filled with abandoned robots, eleven-year-old Ruijie sifts through scraps looking for robotic parts that might support her failing body. When

Author

Silvia Park

Publisher

Simon & Schuster, Incorporated

Published

2025

Language

EN

ISBN

9781668021682

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Humanities