

Hole, The
Author: Hye-Young Pyun, Sora Kim-Russell
Narrator: Tim Campbell
Unabridged: 4 hr 19 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Dreamscape Media
Published: 08/27/2020
Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Psychological
Author: Hye-Young Pyun, Sora Kim-Russell
Narrator: Tim Campbell
Unabridged: 4 hr 19 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Dreamscape Media
Published: 08/27/2020
Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Psychological
Hye-young Pyun is the author of several short-story collections and novels. The recipient of many of Korea's most prestigious awards, including the Dong-in Literary Award, the Yi-sang Literary Award, and the Hyundae Munhak Award, she made her literary debut when she won Seoul Shinmun's annual New Writer's Contest with her short story "Shaking Off Dew" and has continued to publish short stories in publications such as The New Yorker and Harper's Magazine. She lives in Seoul, Korea.
This book really surprised me. This book definitely feels more like literary fiction than horror to me, bu the horror is very subtle and effective. This book plays on a lot of real life fears like loneliness and grief and depression, and it very much reminds me of Misery by Stephen King, the plot is......more
It's possible I am simply very stupid. This book did not do it for me, and in fact I actively did not enjoy reading it, but that may be my fault. There may have been the greatest thematic undertone in the world going on behind the scenes and it simply went right over my head due to my own dullness. I......more
It was not hard to sell me on a dark Korean horror novel/psychological thriller. The comparison to Shirley Jackson was intriguing, of course. But I think it's best not to compare it to Jackson or King but to come into this book without the expectations an American would have of a horror novel writte......more
So that's what I'll do. What my daughter couldn't. What she meant to do. What she wanted to do. I have to do it for her. And I will. 편혜영 (Pyun Hye-Young)'s 홀(a phonetic 한글 rendition of 'hole') was published in Korean in 2016 and translated into English, as Hole, by Sora Kim-Russell. I have previously......more