dd's Umbrella

From one of Korea’s most celebrated contemporary writers, a novel about queer kinship and resistance in the aftermath of the Candlelight Revolution. d, a nonbinary gig worker living in Seoul, briefly escapes the grasp of isolation when they meet dd, only to be ensnared by grief when dd dies in a car accident. As d grapples with personal loss, South Korea reckons with the aftermath of the Sewol ferry disaster that claimed over 300 lives. This formally inventive novel is composed of two novellas: