In these inventive short stories, characters must navigate an impossible
world: America as we know it. Two estranged brothers on a road trip
attempt to reconcile but end up at a Revolutionary War reenactment camp;
a young woman moves in with her boyfriend and discovers an eerily
personalized seduction manual on his bookshelf; a middle-aged
Korean-American father attends college courses and is either blessed or
haunted by the presence of Edward Moon, an eccentric billionaire who
also happens to be "the most successful Korean in America."
Playfully engaging with genres like science fiction, the fairy tale, and
the Gothic tale, the interconnected short stories of Impossible
Children pit tiny heroes against tiny villains; the result is a
stunning mapping of geography, heritage, immigration, freedom, and the
mysterious forces behind epic ruins and epic successes.