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Perception determines existence, and choice shapes destiny I'm extremely curious why it's the 512th.* As a physics graduate who wrote a thesis on the irreversibility of time, I'm interested in literature that leaps past the impossible. It must be fun, but will it also be full of heartbreak? Why do people most want to return to the past? *The eighth cube and second ninth power. Jisu's parallel universes number 536,870,912,623,489. Keep taking the square root and you eventually reach 1. I'm
Young people are still dying. They only dared to dream and worked hard at the jobs they were given. I keep reminding myself that caring for and protecting myself matters far more than doing my job well or achieving my dreams. Even so, there are moments when it is hard to protect myself while facing choices that leave regret and lingering thoughts. At those times, I listen to people trying to make the world even a little better. I turn to friends, mentors and younger colleagues, and family
An End-of-Life Planner, something like a funeral director. This book moves between two universes beyond space and time, reminding us of what we forgot, never knew, or overlooked. It tells us what to do today while we are alive. Another life unfolds the moment we imagine and choose. It makes me wonder how far the author’s imagination can go!
Countless universes share the same appearance and time, worlds parallel to ours. I've heard of parallel universes, but perhaps the question “Do you believe in them?” comes first. If they exist the moment we perceive them, that changes things. Nineteen-year-old Park Yeonwoo is too busy getting through life to think about them. Her parents divorced when she was five, and she has lived with her father ever since. She cannot believe his sudden death: after being fired from a supermarket, he was a
The intriguing premise that every choice we face in life creates a universe of its own greatly adds to the story’s appeal. I liked that it goes beyond simply saying that choices matter. It reminded me once again that, whatever choices we must make, what matters is fully facing and accepting them. The ‘End-of-Life Planner,’ an important element of the story, felt like more than a science-fiction device; I could imagine it becoming something we might see in the not-too-distant future. The fairly
The title made me curious about what the book would be like. It offers teens and adults courage, dreams, and a path toward a life without regrets. The term ‘End-of-Life Planner’ appears often. Nineteen-year-old Park Yeonwoo loses their father overnight in a fall accident at a construction site, and is overcome by grief and guilt, believing it was their fault. Two people come to Yeonwoo: End-of-Life Planners Park Taeyoung and Kwon Marae. As they help with the funeral, they suggest a
Kim A-young’s novel The 512th Universe asks whether you’re ready to meet an End-of-Life Planner. At a very reliable funeral-services company, End-of-Life Planners help guide people through both life and what comes after. The story begins when Yeonwoo loses their father in an accident and meets Park Taeyoung and Kwon Marae, planners who offer a three-hour experience traveling through parallel universes. Yeonwoo becomes a planner too, meets many people, and discovers an extraordinary energy
You’ve probably heard of wedding planners. But have you heard of End-of-Life Planners? The word ‘End-of-Life Planner’ caught my eye, and that was the main reason I requested this book to review. How can we bring our lives to a good close? There is one person we may meet at the end: an End-of-Life Planner. When you meet them, they will ask, ‘Your life-before-death experience is ready. Would you like to begin?’ One day, Yeonwoo loses their father. Two planners from a very reliable
Kim A-young: 512th universe
Author Kim A-young, winner of the 13th Ma Hae-song Literary Award, has published her novel The 512th Universe with Giant Books. What if the life you had only imagined began the moment you made a choice? After Yeonwoo loses her father in an accident overnight, two people appear: Park Tae-young and Kwon Ma-rae, end-of-life planners at a funeral company that seems very trustworthy. They offer Yeonwoo a three-hour experience that lets her travel through parallel universes while still alive. Later, after becoming an end-of-life planner like them, Yeonwoo discovers that she is extraordinary. She has lived with guilt, believing that her father died because of her. She learns what he wanted to protect, even at the cost of losing so much during his lifetime, and sets out to reveal and put right the truth she had ignored.
Korean title: 512번째 우주
Korean author: 김아영
Korean publisher: 자이언트북스
ISBN-13: 9791191824414
Reviews
Perception determines existence, and choice shapes destiny I'm extremely curious why it's the 512th.* As a physics graduate who wrote a thesis on the irreversibility of time, I'm interested in literature that leaps past the impossible. It must be fun, but will it also be full of heartbreak? Why do people most want to return to the past? *The eighth cube and second ninth power. Jisu's parallel universes number 536,870,912,623,489. Keep taking the square root and you eventually reach 1. I'm
Young people are still dying. They only dared to dream and worked hard at the jobs they were given. I keep reminding myself that caring for and protecting myself matters far more than doing my job well or achieving my dreams. Even so, there are moments when it is hard to protect myself while facing choices that leave regret and lingering thoughts. At those times, I listen to people trying to make the world even a little better. I turn to friends, mentors and younger colleagues, and family
An End-of-Life Planner, something like a funeral director. This book moves between two universes beyond space and time, reminding us of what we forgot, never knew, or overlooked. It tells us what to do today while we are alive. Another life unfolds the moment we imagine and choose. It makes me wonder how far the author’s imagination can go!
Countless universes share the same appearance and time, worlds parallel to ours. I've heard of parallel universes, but perhaps the question “Do you believe in them?” comes first. If they exist the moment we perceive them, that changes things. Nineteen-year-old Park Yeonwoo is too busy getting through life to think about them. Her parents divorced when she was five, and she has lived with her father ever since. She cannot believe his sudden death: after being fired from a supermarket, he was a
The intriguing premise that every choice we face in life creates a universe of its own greatly adds to the story’s appeal. I liked that it goes beyond simply saying that choices matter. It reminded me once again that, whatever choices we must make, what matters is fully facing and accepting them. The ‘End-of-Life Planner,’ an important element of the story, felt like more than a science-fiction device; I could imagine it becoming something we might see in the not-too-distant future. The fairly
The title made me curious about what the book would be like. It offers teens and adults courage, dreams, and a path toward a life without regrets. The term ‘End-of-Life Planner’ appears often. Nineteen-year-old Park Yeonwoo loses their father overnight in a fall accident at a construction site, and is overcome by grief and guilt, believing it was their fault. Two people come to Yeonwoo: End-of-Life Planners Park Taeyoung and Kwon Marae. As they help with the funeral, they suggest a
Kim A-young’s novel The 512th Universe asks whether you’re ready to meet an End-of-Life Planner. At a very reliable funeral-services company, End-of-Life Planners help guide people through both life and what comes after. The story begins when Yeonwoo loses their father in an accident and meets Park Taeyoung and Kwon Marae, planners who offer a three-hour experience traveling through parallel universes. Yeonwoo becomes a planner too, meets many people, and discovers an extraordinary energy
You’ve probably heard of wedding planners. But have you heard of End-of-Life Planners? The word ‘End-of-Life Planner’ caught my eye, and that was the main reason I requested this book to review. How can we bring our lives to a good close? There is one person we may meet at the end: an End-of-Life Planner. When you meet them, they will ask, ‘Your life-before-death experience is ready. Would you like to begin?’ One day, Yeonwoo loses their father. Two planners from a very reliable
