Description
The Hole by Hye-Young Pyun is a chilling psychological novel about Oghi, a man who wakes up from a coma after a car crash that killed his wife and left him completely paralyzed. Trapped in his own body and dependent on his mother-in-law for care, he begins to sense that something is terribly wrong. As days pass, Oghi realizes that his caretaker may be harboring resentment—and possibly a dark plan for revenge. With its atmosphere of isolation and dread, the novel delves into themes of guilt, punishment, and human cruelty. It’s a haunting story of helplessness and psychological terror set in modern South Korea.