Six women facing different fertility issues have a group chat: HELLO BABY. It’s where they exchange information and seek comfort in one another as they surmount the pains of IVF and the agony of failure and miscarriages in their journey to motherhood. The novel switches between narrators, where each woman’s story is spotlighted, alongside a […]
The text explores the themes of language, silence, and connection through the interconnected narratives of multiple characters. The story revolves around a silent woman who, after losing her ability to speak for the second time in 30 years, decides to learn Ancient Greek in an attempt to break the silence. The narrative also introduces a […]
A book about self-discovery at thirty years old, it is a simple story about a woman who quits an unsatisfying job as a junior TV screenwriter, joins a ceramics studio, and slowly rediscovers her buried ambitions to become a novelist. The novel opens with the protagonist, Jung Min, moving to a small suburb of Ilsan […]
Bora Chung’s latest novel is an intriguing collection of ghost stories that harken back to the tradition of tales told in the dead of night to curious listeners. Set in an isolated research lab, the stories revolve around a junior security staff member who takes the night watch along with a senior employee. As they […]
In the collection of stories you’ve described, the author, Bora Chung, weaves a tapestry of diverse and imaginative tales that challenge traditional fairy tale conventions and explore themes of agency, empowerment, and resilience. These stories are characterized by whimsy, sarcasm, and a playful approach to subverting gender norms and established character archetypes. Here is a […]
Three years into lockdown, L-City is a ghost of itself. Its crime rates have drastically increased— violent crimes as a matter of course (as the infected tend to lose empathy and even their awareness of others) as well as daggizo related scams/fake news. Pale imitations of their former selves, the residents have slowly gotten used […]
Kyung-ha, a troubled author who no longer has a job nor a family to look after, has sequestered herself in an apartment in Seoul, South Korea. Her current life of seclusion sees her sitting at her desk while regularly drawing up a will/suicide note only to rip it up and rarely leave her residence. The […]