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^^Obsession with TIME, that which “pushes away that which it intended”

P 97 “Just then I walk by outside the darkened window. Static electricity raises goose bumps on my skin. It is my first time encountering myself. I walk on by without looking. There is no smell, no trembling. I‘ve heard that what appears in a hallucination is an image of the dead.”

P 103 “And that is how I became an absolutely meaningless thing and survived time.”

HAUNTED

Something haunting in this novella. Young South Korean woman in limbo, temping, waiting, adrift. Yearning but not actively searching, buffeted along. Family is disconnected, mother alcoholic, boyfriend (maybe?) in military service. Scenes in quick sketches, blurred reality. Episode at military camp where everything starts to unravel. Survival. Trans 2015

A book for #witmonth and this is an odd one. It‘s bleak, yet parts of it for me felt so familiar. This made me feel how I do when I read some of Jean Rhys books. Nihilistic, due to a sense of powerlessness.wallowing in a certain mood and it won‘t uplift you. I liked this but it won‘t be for everyone. #womenintranslation

I have no idea how I feel about this but it‘s definitely weird. I‘m not sure what happened or why or what it means, but it was weird. However, I appreciate the window into the life of someone who has lived a different life than I have.

A nameless narrator passes through her life, searching for meaning and connection in experiences she barely feels. For her, time and identity blur, and all action is reaction. She can‘t quite understand what motivates others to take life seriously enough to focus on anything—for her existence is loosely woven tapestry of fleeting concepts.

#TBR 📚
I think this book chose me more than I chose it. The narrator asks life's fundamental questions.

Right now I am trying to figure out: a) what I just read, b) how this book ended up on my tbr, and c) whether I liked it or not. This short little book is beautifully written, but it's so sad and stark and weird. 😐