The Hole

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Beschreibung

<p><b>Fall 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.</b><br><br>WINNER OF THE SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARD<br>SOON TO BE A MAJOR FILM STARRING THEO JAMES AND <i>SQUID GAME</i>'S HOYEON<br><br><b>'A superbly insidious and atmospheric chiller </b>about caring and cruelty: grief, isolation, helplessness and existential fear' <i>Guardian</i><br><br><b>'Korea's answer to Stephen King</b> . . . a thoughtful and elegant exploration of a relationship . . . increasingly unnerving' <i>Observer</i><br><br>'Beautifully <b>haunting</b>... Probably my favourite book I've ever read.' 5-star reader review<br><br>Following 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.<br><br>Isolated 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.<br><br>But 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...<br><br><b>A bestseller in Korea, <i>The Hole</i> is a superbly crafted and deeply unnerving novel about the horrors of isolation and neglect in all of its banal and brutal forms.</b><br><br>Praise for <i>The Hole</i><br><br><b>'A gripping read for fans of literary horror' </b><i>The Bookseller</i><br><br><b>'Will stay with you long after you turn the last page</b>' Heather Parry, author of<i> Carrion Crow </i>and<i> Orpheus Builds a Girl</i><br><br><b>'Masterfully unsettling</b>.' <i>Leon Craig, author of Parallel Hells</i><br><br><b>'Like Hitchcock or Abe</b>, Pyun peers head on into the unnerving depths of human grief' Blake Butle

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781529954869

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

215 x 138 x 25 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2025

Verlag / Hersteller

Penguin