# The Owl Cries - Hardcover

by **Hye-Young Pyun** (Author), **Sora Kim-Russell** (Translator)

**From the Shirley Jackson Award-winning author of _The Hole_, a slow-burning thriller with a touch of horror and the uncanny**

A disappearance. A missing brother. A lawyer asking questions. And a vast forest in the mountains--the western woods--where the trees huddle close together emanating a crushing darkness and a chill dampness fills the air. The ranger, In-su Park, who lives nearby with his family, is a recovering alcoholic. He claims no knowledge of the man who disappeared, even though the missing man had worked as the ranger just before him. In the little village down the mountain, the shopkeepers will do the same and deny they ever saw or knew the man, though they're less convincing; and his former supervisor at the Forestry Research Center, Professor Jin, dismisses his importance. But when an accident and a death derail the investigation and someone attempts to break into his office, In-su Park finds himself conducting his own inquiry into the goings-on deep in the heart of the western woods--spurred by the mysterious words he discovers on a piece of paper beneath his desk: "In the forest the owl cries."

_The Owl Cries_ is a treat for fans of Stephen King, David Lynch, and the nightmare dystopias of Franz Kafka.

### Author Biography

**Hye-young Pyun** was born in 1972 in Seoul and earned her undergraduate degree in creative writing and graduate degree in Korean literature from Hanyang University. Her published works include the short story collections _Aoi Garden_, _To the Kennels_, _Evening Courtship_, and _Night Passes_; and the novels _City of Ash and Red_, _They Went to the Western Forest_, _The Law of Lines_, _The Hole_, and _Let the Dead_. She has received many awards in Korea, including the Hankook Ilbo Literary Award, the Yi Hyo-Seok Literature Prize, the Today's Young Writer Award, the Dong-in Literary Award, the Yi Sang Literary Award, and the Contemporary Literature (Hyundai Munhak) Award. Her novel _The__Hole_ was the 2017 winner of the Shirley Jackson Award, and _City of Ash and Red_ was an NPR Great Read. In 2019, she was awarded the Kim Yujeong Literary Award for her short story "Hotel Window." Her short stories have been published in _The New Yorker_, _Harper's Magazine_, and _Words Without Borders_. She currently teaches creative writing at Myongji University and lives in Seoul, Korea.

**Sora Kim-Russell**'s translations include, besides _The Hole_, _City of Ash and Red_, and _The Law of Lines_ by Hye-young Pyun, Un-su Kim's _The Plotters;_ Hwang Sok-yong's _At Dusk_, which was longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize; and Suah Bae's _Nowhere to be Found_. Her full list of publications can be found at sorakimrussell.com. She lives in Seoul, Korea.

**Number of Pages:** 312

**Dimensions:** 1.2 x 8.3 x 5.5 IN

**Publication Date:** October 03, 2023

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