Bluebeard's first wife, paperback/seong-nan ha

Disasters, accidents, and deaths abound in Bluebeards First Wife .

A woman spends a night with her fianc and his friends, and overhears a terrible secret that has bound them together since high school.

A man grows increasingly agitated by the apartment noise made by a young family living upstairs and arouses the suspicion of his own wife when the neighbors meet a string of unlucky incidents.

A couple moves into a picture-perfect country house, but when their new dog is stolen, they become obsessed with finding the thief, and in the process, neglect their child.

Has paranoia-inducing, heart-quickening stories will have you reconsidering your own neighbors.

About the Author Ha Seong-nan is the author of five short story collections--including Bluebeards First Wife and Flowers of Mold --and three novels.

Over her career, shes received a number of prestigious awards, such as the Dong-in Literary Award in 1999, Hankook Ilbo Literary Prize in 2000, the Isu Literature Prize in 2004, the Oh Yeong-su Literary Award in 2008, and the Contemporary Literature (Hyundae Munhak) Award in 2009.

Janet Hong is a writer and translator based in Vancouver, Canada.

Her work has appeared in Literary Hub , Asia Literary Review , Words Without Borders , and the Korea Times .

Her other translations include Han Yujoos The Impossible Fairy Tale and Anccos Bad Friends .