Untold Night and Day

Atmospheric, interconnected looping stories glazed over with mystery in an extraordinary dream-like journey make this book both weird and brilliant. Whether it's the translation or just Bae Suah's writing, the ‘voice' takes a bit to get used to, but once you push through that first disorienting feeling, you'll be well rewarded with an exceptional reading experience. I love books that manage to wrap you up in the environment so thoroughly that you can feel, touch and smell it all. Bae Suah's descriptive language makes you feel sticky with the humid heat of a summer in Seoul, smell it's putrid aromas and visually put yourself in the spaces and places. Clocking in at 152 pages, it's stunning how much she crams into this book. I feel it deserves multiple readings to really take in all the interconnection taking place and to muse on what she's trying to convey. Reading this book is an experience as much as it is a story. I really enjoyed it!