Melancholy Of Untold History, TheA beautifully crafted, enriching saga inspired by East Asian mythology, The Melancholy of Untold History is Minsoo Kangs debut novel, steeped in history like R. F. Kuangs Babel, epic in scope like Anthony Doerrs Cloud Cuckoo Land, and lyrically exciting like David Mitchells Cloud Atlas, interweaving four complex yet entertaining stories as they shape and create a nations literary narrative through the themes of love and grief. A history professor

as instructed by a higher authority known only as The Voice

KEY SELLIN G POINTS

The Aldabreshin Archipelago has been ravaged by war its fragile alliances sundered by new enemies - enemies wielding forbidden elemental magic and spreading terror throughout the scattered southern realm

On 6 June 1944

when in actual fact the real thing is the most wondrous

Identify the tiny changes you can make for huge results in your life

So many of us would like to live our lives in a calmer and less stressful way

birth and new parenthood

you will read two sides to the dilemmas

and alternate worlds

’ Laila Jagir

characters and plot