{"product_id":"the-hole-hye-young-pyun","title":"The Hole (Hye-Young Pyun)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFall into the chilling and claustrophobic psychological novel and Korean bestseller from the award-winning author, perfect for fans of Shirley Jackson, Stephen King, and Olga Ravn.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWINNER OF THE SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARD\u003cbr\u003eSOON TO BE A MAJOR FILM STARRING THEO JAMES AND \u003ci\u003eSQUID GAME\u003c\/i\u003e'S HOYEON\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A superbly insidious and atmospheric chiller \u003c\/b\u003eabout caring and cruelty: grief, isolation, helplessness and existential fear' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Korea's answer to Stephen King\u003c\/b\u003e . . . a thoughtful and elegant exploration of a relationship . . . increasingly unnerving' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Beautifully \u003cb\u003ehaunting\u003c\/b\u003e... Probably my favourite book I've ever read.' 5-star reader review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollowing a devastating car crash that killed his wife, Oghi wakes in hospital to find himself trapped in his own body and under the control of his vengeful mother-in-law as she grieves the loss of her only child.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIsolated from his friends and neglected by his nurse, Oghi's world shrinks to the room he lies in and his memories of his wife, a sensitive woman who found solace in cultivating her garden.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut as Oghi remains alone and paralysed, his mother-in-law is hard at work in the now-abandoned garden, uprooting what her daughter had worked so hard to plant and obsessively digging larger and larger holes...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA bestseller in Korea, \u003ci\u003eThe Hole\u003c\/i\u003e is a superbly crafted and deeply unnerving novel about the horrors of isolation and neglect in all of its banal and brutal forms.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Hole\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A gripping read for fans of literary horror' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bookseller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Will stay with you long after you turn the last page\u003c\/b\u003e' Heather Parry, author of\u003ci\u003e Carrion Crow \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Orpheus Builds a Girl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Masterfully unsettling\u003c\/b\u003e.' \u003ci\u003eLeon Craig, author of Parallel Hells\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Like Hitchcock or Abe\u003c\/b\u003e, Pyun peers head on into the unnerving depths of human grief' Blake Butler, author of \u003ci\u003e300,000,000\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A Korean take on \u003ci\u003eMisery\u003c\/i\u003e' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Suspenseful, eerie \u003c\/b\u003eand surprisingly\u003cb\u003e profound' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eBig Issue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'While reading \u003ci\u003eThe Hole\u003c\/i\u003e, you'll find yourself\u003cb\u003e suddenly doubting everything' \u003c\/b\u003eKyung-sook Shin, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003ePlease Look After Mother\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A chilling psychological thriller\u003c\/b\u003e . . . the reader is drawn in deeper with each new revelation' \u003ci\u003ePA Media\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHye-young Pyun \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in 1972 in Seoul and earned her undergraduate degree in creative writing and graduate degree in Korean literature from Hanyang University. Her published works include the short story collections \u003ci\u003eAoi Garden\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTo the Kennels\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEvening Courtship\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNight Passes\u003c\/i\u003e; and the novels \u003ci\u003eCity of Ash and Red\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThey Went to the Western Forest\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Law of Lines\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Hole\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLet the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e. She has received many awards in Korea, including the Hankook Ilbo Literary Award, the Yi Hyo-Seok Literature Prize, the Today's Young Writer Award, the Dong-in Literary Award, the Yi Sang Literary Award, and the Contemporary Literature (Hyundai Munhak) Award. Her novel \u003ci\u003eThe Hole\u003c\/i\u003e was the 2017 winner of the Shirley Jackson Award, and \u003ci\u003eCity of Ash and Red\u003c\/i\u003e was an \u003ci\u003eNPR \u003c\/i\u003eGreat Read. In 2019, she was awarded the Kim Yujeong Literary Award for her short story \"Hotel Window\". Her short stories have been published in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWords Without Borders\u003c\/i\u003e. She currently teaches creative writing at Myongji University and lives in Seoul, Korea.\n\u003cb\u003eSora Kim-Russell\u003c\/b\u003e's translations include Un-su Kim's \u003ci\u003eThe Plotters\u003c\/i\u003e; Hwang Sok-yong's \u003ci\u003eAt Dusk\u003c\/i\u003e, which was longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize; and Suah Bae's \u003ci\u003eNowhere to be Found\u003c\/i\u003e. Her full list of publications can be found at sorakimrussell.com. 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