I'm Waiting for You and Other Stories

"This collection contains two pairs of interconnected short stories evocatively translated from Korean by Sophie Bowman and Sung Ryu. The first and last stories are mirror images of each other, following a star-crossing bride and groom who keep missing each other by decades as they struggle to meet in the same time and place. The middle two stories are more esoteric, contemplating the nature of reality and the self from somewhere beyond human understanding. Rounding off the whole is a beautiful series of notes from the author, the translators and the couple whose marriage catalyzed the opening and closing tales."