Description
From the author and translator of the National Book Award finalist and Booker Prize shortlisted Cursed Bunny, comes a novel-in-ghost-stories, set in a mysterious research center that houses cursed objects, where those who open the wrong door might find its disappeared behind them, or that the echoing footsteps theyre running from are their own
The acclaimed Korean horror and sci-fi writers goosebump-inducing new book follows an employee on the night shift at the Institute. They soon learn why some employees dont last long at the center. The handkerchief in Room 302 once belonged to the late mother of two sons, whose rivalry imbues the handkerchief with undue power and unravels the lives of those who seek to possess it. Meanwhile a live-streaming, ghost-chasing employee steals a cursed sneaker down the hall, but later finds he cant escape its tread. The cat in Room 206 begins to reveal the crimes of its former family, wanting to understand its own path to the Institutes dimly lit halls.
But Chungs haunted institute isnt just a chilling place to play. As in her astounding collections Cursed Bunny and Your Utopia, these violent allegories subtly excavate the horrors of animal cosmetic testing, conversion therapy, domestic abuse, and late-stage capitalism. Equal parts bone-chilling, wryly funny, and deeply political, Midnight Timetable is a masterful work of literary horror from one of our times greatest imaginations.
Author: Bora Chung
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Published: 09/30/2025
Pages: 208
Size: 8.25h x 5.25w x 0.89d
ISBN: 9781643756639
Language: English
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