

Beautifully written, I think I kind of get what this novel is saying (something about inherited trauma and how to move forward while still honoring the past), but the ending left me a little disoriented. I like the literalism.
Beautifully written, I think I kind of get what this novel is saying (something about inherited trauma and how to move forward while still honoring the past), but the ending left me a little disoriented. I like the literalism.
The speculative tale of Yewon, a young woman adrift, and of the relationship between the Koreas. At first it is rather realistic, with Yewon wondering about her life while driving a North Korean woman to her long lost brother in prison and while worrying about her mom, who keeps and daily washes the bones of family members. Yewon doesn‘t eat and dreams of an invisible hotel. And are the Koreas heading for peace or war?Very weird. #ToB25Longlist
This wasn‘t what I expected, and definitely not a top pick for me from the #TOBlonglist. I liked the creepy nature of the dreams in the story and I appreciated reading about the Korean War, but much of the time I struggled to stay engaged in the story.
This is pretty dark. It is dripping in metaphor. Mostly it talks about living in the aftermath of the Korean War. It's sort of haunting but I wouldn't necessarily call it horror.
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US pub date is 3/5/24
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