{"product_id":"sublimation-9781035065523","title":"Sublimation","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe international bestseller. A masterful tale of doppelgängers, betrayal and uncovering who you are.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A mind bending thriller about personhood, homeland nostalgia, global migration, and all forms of alienation' – R. F. Kuang, author of Yellowface and Katabasis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Brilliantly realised, imaginative and compelling' – The Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen you emigrate, you leave a version of yourself behind. One instance crosses the border; the other instance stays trapped behind it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome instances keep in touch, call each other daily, synchronize their lives and minds in the hopes of reintegrating and resuming a life as one person. Other instances, like Soyoung Rose Kang, leave home at age ten and never speak to their other selves again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a life of her own in New York, Rose never imagined she’d return to Korea. Then her grandfather dies and Soyoung, her Korean instance, summons her home for the funeral.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Soyoung’s motives aren’t as innocent as Rose imagined, and the consequences of Rose’s return to Seoul will change her forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoyoung plans to steal her body – and her life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Nebula Award-winning author Isabel J. Kim, Sublimation is an immigrant tale like no other, capturing the longing for another life and twisting it into a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Remarkable' – The New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'One of the best debuts of the year' – John Scalzi\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 STAR READER REVIEWS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘This book had me hooked from the very first chapter’ *****\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘One of the best debut novels I’ve read in recent years’ *****\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Wow. what a thought provoking and thoughtful novel’ *****\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘An incredible concept for a book’ *****\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘ Sublimation lives up to the hype’ *****\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A harshly beautiful story about the impossible choices in life and what could be’ *****\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Isabel J. Kim\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Science fiction\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 9 Jul 2026 by Pan Macmillan.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Isabel J. Kim","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57320577466746,"sku":"9781035065523","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9781035065523.jpg?v=1790658221","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/products\/sublimation-9781035065523","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}