3 From My TBR: South Korean Novels In Translation

 

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Since my To-Be-Read (TBR) list is continually growing, from time to time I like to throw together a list focussing on some of the (often diverse) titles on there.

I may never get to all of the 1k+ books on there, but that doesn't mean they don't deserve some attention!

I actually have a few little 3-book-long lists planned, which I'll hopefully get done and dusted and posted over the next couple of months.

I may continue with these little lists after that, I may not - depends on the vibes and my mood, tbh.

Anyway, I figured this would be a good way to get back on the metaphorical blogging-horsey and write some undeniably bookish posts which my brain has limited ways to overthink (please do not suggest any ways for me to overthink this! 😅)

As this is a TBR, I haven't read any of these, so have no idea whether or not they're any good!

Nowhere To Be Found by Bae Suah, translated by Sora Kim-Russell

OK, I've read plenty of reviews and blurbs of this book... and I still have no clue what it's about. All the descriptions are vague AF, describing it as 'unique' and 'an experience' etc. etc.

It seems to be one that's hard to define and explain - and therefore I'm totally intrigued!

Via Giphy

The Hole by Hye-Young Pyun, translated by Sora Kim-Russell

This is about a man who survives a car crash (caused by him,) which kills his wife - tough stuff. 

He's disabled by the crash, and ends up being cared for by his wife's mother who starts acting pretty damned weird and digging up his wife's beloved garden.

Added to that are themes of bereavement, neglect, and isolation.

This looks kind of horror-ish, thriller-ish, weird-ish. Hence, my emo goblin spaghetti brain was interested. 😎

The Disaster Tourist by Yun Ko-Eun, translated by Lizzie Buehler

This is described as a dystopian, feminist, eco-thriller - and why would you not want to check that out?!

So, apparently this is about Yona, who works for a company that specialises in eco-disaster-tourism.

One of her co-workers gets creepy/predatory, and as an 'oh sh**' response, her company sends her on a special assignment to one of their worst-performing locations to find out what's going wrong - or, since this is a disaster tourism firm, what's going right, I guess.

After that sinister shenanigans ensue.

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