Publisher's Synopsis
This is the first new novel for ten years from this prize-winning Korean novelist. Professor Kang stares at the body of his father on his own dissecting table at the medical school where he works. Seeing his father's body after some decades, the professor begins to recall his own childhood... a child born into the midst of sin. Virtue and evil spreading through time, unavoidable and ever-present, affecting the lives of all people. How has Professor Kang come to be here, at this point in time? And how has his father's life affected the outcome of his own? Free will is the domain of humans alone... but it can be a privilege used for evil as well as good. In this thought-provoking and subtle novel, the author explores the themes of sin, justice and free will. We can do what we want, but no-one escapes the consequence.
