- Overview
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There is a virtual society where one’s social class is determined by their appearance. Let’s find out which secrets are hidden behind the diet camp where fat people are arrested and forcibly sent.
- Book Intro
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(English) Skinny City
Inspection
One day, when Ariha goes shopping for shoes with her mother Dara, a man is caught in an inspection on the street. The man flees but is soon caught by White Rescues. White Rescues are police officers of the new regime who arrest people whose BMI exceeds a standard level. In this city, being fat is considered a crime and one’s social class is determined by appearance. As soon as one turns 18, their class is determined through an examination by the Citizen Committee. Therefore, students whose social class is about to be determined become extremely sensitive and nervous.
Camp
A person arrested at the inspection is forced to enter the diet camp. This camp is quite suspicious. Once you enter, you’re separated from society, and even your family can’t communicate with you. This means no one can tell whether you’re alive or not. Those who are discharged from the camp say that they got a perfect body and a new life, but their identities are still suspicious. Then, Kata, Ariha’s boyfriend, happens to get caught in the inspection and is taken to the camp.
Seeds
Someone secretly put vegetable seeds in Ariha’s bag. Ariha gets scared because it’s prohibited to eat vegetables in the city. There is a rumor that a secret anti-establishment organization named “Seed-Sharing People” is operating covertly. It is said that the organization instigates people to eat vegetables and oppose forcible camp entrance. The organization is a dangerous entity that revolts against the government.
Secret
Ariha searches the diet camp where Kata has been taken. She meets Mimi, a person discharged from the camp, and finds out what’s so suspicious about the camp. Ariha then steals camp information at the office of Nanya, principal of the Citizen Committee and breaks into Nanya’s house and finds a secret hiding place. It’s obvious that the camp is not simply a diet camp, as the authorities claim. Then, what in the world do they do to the fat people at the camp? What is revealed about the camp is shocking.
- About the Author
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Im Seonkyung
(English) Lim Sun-Kyung writes from the belief that writing is meaningful only when it’s fun. After graduating from university, Lim started writing articles in a variety of genres. She has written scripts for TV shows including “New Generation Report: Grownups Don’t Know,” “This Is the Life,” and “Love and War,” and animation scenarios including “The Story of Eori” and “Pangpang Dino.” In addition to writing for television she also writes scenarios and children’s stories, but mostly wants to be called a novelist.
Her works include the full-length novels Back Number and I Died Easy in Mind. Skinny City is her third novel. She received the Grand Prize in the category of writers at the 2nd Korea Electronic Publication Awards.
(Japanese) 梨花女子大学新聞放送学科を卒業した。テレビドラマ脚本、アニメシナリオ、童話、エッセイ、小説を書いたりしている。テレビ脚本『愛と戦争』、『新世代報告大人たちは知らない」、「これが人生だ」などを書いた。『バックナンバー』は第2回大韓民国電子出版大賞を受賞した作品で、製作会社レモンレインとテレビドラマ契約を結んだ。
(Vietnamese) Tốt nghiệp Khoa Báo chí và Phát thanh truyền hình tại Đại học Ewha. Tác giả đã và đang viết kịch bản phim truyền hình, kịch bản phim hoạt hình, truyện cổ tích, tản văn và tiểu thuyết. Một số kịch bản phim truyền hình như <Tình yêu và chiến tranh>, <Người lớn không biết về thế hệ mới> <Đây chính là cuộc sống> , và tác phẩm văn học như 『Tôi đã chết thanh thản』 và 『Không có thuốc khi bạn già』. 『Back Number』 là tác phẩm đã giành được Giải thưởng Xuất bản Điện tử Hàn Quốc lần thứ 2 và đã ký hợp đồng phim truyền hình với công ty sản xuất Raemong Raein.
