The Hole

Winner of the Shirley Jackson Award, The Hole is a suspenseful and deeply unsettling novel that explores themes of isolation, grief, and neglect. It follows Oghi, who is trapped in his own body after a devastating accident, as his mother-in-law tends to her own obsessive pursuits in the abandoned garden of his deceased wife. This Korean bestseller offers a profound meditation on the brutal and banal realities of loneliness, rated as a masterwork of suspense and psychological insight.