Hye-young Pyun Reihenfolge der Bücher (Chronologisch)

For fans of J. G. Ballard and early Ian McEwan, this tense psychological thriller by the author of The Hole is described as “an airtight masterpiece” by the Korean Economic Daily. The nameless protagonist, known for his skills as a rat killer, is sent by his extermination company on a long assignment in C, a country spiraling into chaos, paranoia, and disease. Upon arrival, he is quickly detained by quarantine officials and finds himself isolated, unable to contact the outside world. When he finally reaches an old friend, he learns that his ex-wife's body was discovered in his apartment, making him the prime suspect. As he narrowly escapes arrest, he must navigate the fearful streets of this foreign city while trying to reconnect with his company and friends to clear his name. As his past life slips away and he reflects on his relationship with his wife, it becomes evident that he may not be who he believes he is. This apocalyptic narrative explores the destructive effects of fear and paranoia on individuals, serving as a haunting tale of a man's loss of identity and humanity.

Winner of the 2017 Shirley Jackson Award Named One of the Top 10 Thrillers to Read This Summer by Time Magazine Misery meets The Vegetarian in this bestseller from Korea, a psychological thriller about loneliness and the dark truths we try to bury. In this tense, gripping novel by a star of Korean literature, Oghi has woken from a coma after causing a devastating car accident that took his wife's life and left him paralyzed and badly disfigured. His caretaker is his mother-in-law, a widow grieving the loss of her only child. Oghi is neglected and left alone in his bed. His world shrinks to the room he lies in and his memories of his troubled relationship with his wife, a sensitive, intelligent woman who found all of her life goals thwarted except for one: cultivating the garden in front of their house. But soon Oghi notices his mother-in-law in the abandoned garden, uprooting what his wife had worked so hard to plant and obsessively digging larger and larger holes. When asked, she answers only that she is finishing what her daughter started. A bestseller in Korea, The Hole is a superbly crafted and deeply unnerving novel about the horrors of isolation and neglect in all of its banal and brutal forms. As Oghi desperately searches for a way to escape, he discovers the difficult truth about his wife and the toll their life together took on her.