The Owl Cries, Hyeyoung Pyun
The Owl Cries, Hyeyoung Pyun
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The Owl Cries

Author: Hye-young Pyun

Narrator: Eric Mark

Unabridged: 7 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/25/2024


Synopsis

From the Shirley Jackson Award–winning author of The Hole, a slow-burning noir 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.

About Hye-Young Pyun

Hye-young Pyun is the author of several short-story collections and novels. The recipient of many of Korea's most prestigious awards, including the Dong-in Literary Award, the Yi-sang Literary Award, and the Hyundae Munhak Award, she made her literary debut when she won Seoul Shinmun's annual New Writer's Contest with her short story "Shaking Off Dew" and has continued to publish short stories in publications such as The New Yorker and Harper's Magazine. She lives in Seoul, Korea.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Paul on January 19, 2025

INTHEFORESTTHEOWLLIVES The more times he read this very obvious sentence out loud, the more he bgan to feel unbearably lonely. He was that owl, holding its breath in the pitch-bakc shadow of trees. An owl forced to lift its heavy wings with each stir of the wind. An owl rotating its head and rolling......more

Goodreads review by Nancy on May 10, 2024

(read in April) right about 3.5, not rounded up full post here at my reading journal: [URL not allowed] I first came across the author when I read her novel The Hole a few years ago and I've been buying her books ever since. That novel was absolutely chilling, not only in the tel......more

Goodreads review by Janelle on November 29, 2023

This a dark and atmospheric novel that begins like a missing person noir but from part 2 on it becomes something else, I’m not sure what. There’s lots of intriguing characters, a dark unknowable forest and some obvious violent crimes. There’s also characters with regrets and failings. There’s still......more

Goodreads review by Andy on January 18, 2025

Lawyer Ha-in Lee has no love for his brother, by whom he was bullied. Gyeong-in. Not only did he make his childhood a misery, as an adult is a failure who scrounges money from him and their mother. When his brother vanishes after a stressed phone-call, Ha-in sets out to find him. He was employed as......more

Goodreads review by Laura on June 28, 2022

Troisième roman de cette autrice que je lis, et encore une fois, je suis déçue. Ambiance top, déroulement franchement pas bon... Je vais arrêter de me faire du mal, je passe mon tour pour son prochain ouvrage. Le meilleur était tout de même La loi des lignes, mais pas extraordinaire non plus.........more