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**AD-TEAM** · 12-01-2024, 09:05 PM

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Quote:An acclaimed story collection from the author of the Shirley Jackson Award-winning novel The Hole

*Booklist Starred Review*

Six elephants bolt from an amusement park and vanish; where they're found brings back memories of a forgotten dictator. A car ride on a foggy highway at night becomes a drive through hell for a young couple getting away for the weekend together. A family lives the dream of moving from the city to a brand-new bedroom town in the country, only to be plagued by debt and fears of eviction, while the sound of incessant barking rings from the kennels nearby. In a city built on the site of ancient tombs, a homeowner's renovation of a broken wall leads to an outcome no one expected. Older workers hired to play characters from a folk tale and wear smiles no one believes. An accountant asked to cook the books for his boss. A would-be writer disappointed in her students and her choices.

These are some of the premises and characters in Hye-young Pyun's To the Kennels, winner of one of Korea's most prestigious literary awards. Infused with psychological acuity, understated suspense, a touch of the uncanny, and her Kafkaesque take on the contemporary world, To the Kennels offers a thrilling, unsettling ride through territory that is both familiar and strange. As Un-su Kim, author of The Plotters has observed, she "reveals to us the cellular division of emotions we've never seen before."

Category:Fiction, Literature, Mystery & Thrillers, World Fiction, Fiction Subjects, Asian Fiction - General, Literary Styles & Movements - Fiction, Thrillers, Korean Fiction, Psychological Fiction, Psychological Suspense, Suspense Fiction

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