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'Dark Academia the way I like it. . . Smart, and full of suspense, it will keep you guessing until the end' Hanna Bervoets, author We Had to Remove This Post'Sharp societal commentary and amazing, complex female characters' Simon Campos, author of Nothing Can Hurt You Now'A confronting and timely book about consent' IndependentWho is Jina?The stupid woman who ruined a young man's career?The weird loner whose university boyfriend thinks that she has a victim complex?The naïve country girl who ignored a friend's cry for help?To understand who she really is, Jina must return to Anjin University, and to the toxic culture that destroyed the lives of many female students - including Ha Yuri, who died in mysterious circumstances not long before she left. Somewhere within Jina's memories lies the truth about what happened to them both all those years ago...

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Set in a small rural village, seemingly everyday events take on a macabre meaning. We follow Kim Miyoung, a relatively new villager and the local primary school teacher, as she is slowly overcome by anxiety, with her daughter at the vulnerable young age of three, a difficult group of schoolboys under her wing and her mother-in-law trying to drag her into house-of-cards village politics. To top it all, she finds herself plagued by the idea of son: folklore spirits out to make people’s lives miserable. As the village gathers for the annual ‘meju-making day’, amid all the hubbub, Miyoung loses sight of her daughter Mina. Despite her cries for help, no one joins her to look for Mina, everyone seems to be against her.

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'A mesmerising debut. Dark, twisted and bracingly empathetic' Diana Reid, author of Love and Virtue Winner of the 2017 Hankyoreh Literary Award ---------------- Who is Jina? The stupid woman who ruined a young man's promising career? The weird loner whose university boyfriend thinks she has a victim complex? The naïve country girl who ignored a friend's cry for help? The survivor? To answer these questions, Jina will have to return to Anjin University and the toxic culture that destroyed the lives of many female students - including one, Ha Yuri, who died tragically and mysteriously not long before she left. ---------------- PRAISE FOR ANOTHER PERSON 'Immaculately crafted, shocking and moving' Sang Young Park, author of the International Booker-longlisted Love in the Big City 'Dark Academia the way I like it... smart and full of suspense' Hanna Bervoets, author of We Had to Remove This Post 'Sharp social commentary and amazing, complex female characters. An unusual, unpredictable thriller' Simone Campos, author of Nothing Can Hurt You Now

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