TRANSLATED BY AMBER HJ KIM
"Couldn't put down the book! It is trite, I know, but that is what happened to me with Broccoli Punch. The author weaves absolutely fascinating stories. Lee Yuri's depicts K-pop culture, Korean healing, birth dreams, boxing, exploring all the quintessentially Korean aspects to show the reader the kaleidoscope of imagination and everyday life in modern-day Korea." Bora Chung, author of Cursed Bunny
A father whose ashes come back to life as a tree; a boyfriend's right hand turning into broccoli; a devoted fan's selfless love becoming the subject of extraterrestrial research; a boyfriend who died in an accident, manifesting in the newlywed couple's living room after five years. With humour and style, Lee Yuri introduces a world where supernatural events and extraordinary beings unexpectedly intrude into everyday life.
Lee Yuri (Gangwon, South Korea, 1990) began her literary career
in 2020 through the Kyunghyang Shinmun New Year’s Literary
Contest. She has published two short story collections, Broccoli
Punch, which was her fiction debut, The World of All Things
(2023), as well as a linked novel collection, Meet Me in a Good Place (2023).
