Walking Practice
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An alien stranded on Earth survives by consuming human bodies — a necessity that forces it to navigate Seoul's dating scene, hookup culture, and the bewildering performance of human gender. What begins as a hunt for food becomes an existential crisis about desire, embodiment, and what it means to inhabit a body that doesn't feel like yours. Dolki Min's debut is visceral, queer, and philosophically ambitious — using the alien's body-shifting abilities as a lens for questions about gender dysphoria, consumption, and the violence embedded in intimacy. The prose is vivid and unsparing, treating Seoul's nightlife as both hunting ground and stage. A novel about an alien learning to walk like a human — and discovering that humans haven't figured it out either.
