[K-LIT REVIEW] Sapphic love blooms in post-apocalyptic wasteland of 'Everything Happened at Once'
Would the world come to an end if a deadly virus spread through our modern metropolises? Would panic breed lawlessness, unwinding centuries of civilization and plunging even the most advanced nations into chaos? Having come out the other end of the COVID-19 pandemic, we know the answers to these questions. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the young protagonists of Choi Jin-young’s novel…
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In Choi Jin-young's novel "Everything Happened at Once," a deadly virus sweeps across the world, leading to chaos and the collapse of modern civilization. In Korea, the death toll exceeds 100,000 in a single day, causing the nation to crumble under a cloud of confusion and fear. As laws, ethics, and the threads connecting civilization disintegrate, primal survival instincts take over.
Crime escalates, violence becomes constant, and once-peaceful neighborhoods fill with death and destruction. Choi Jin-young could not have imagined that her novel, first published in Korea in 2017, would mirror a rapidly spreading pandemic that would shock the world just a few years later.
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