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Mongolian Mark - a bluish-gray birthmark on the protagonist YH's body, representing the powerful intersection of innocence, nature, and the tragic objectification of the human body

Unnamed brother-in-law of YH, was leaving a sexually charged dance performance, unimpressed. He keeps thinking about YH's Mongolian mark, he became erect. He went to a studio, fantasising about how to turn his idea to life.

A poor woman having a mental breakdown stemming from just a dream. Told in three sections from different perspectives.

Would I recommended? Maybe. It’s something I believe everyone should read once as it’s written so beautifully whilst unsettling at the same time. I couldn’t help but feel sadness the whole time reading this.

In P41, there was a whole scene about a dog. YH was 9, and bitten by a dog, Father punished it. That evening, her father hosted a feast serving the dog meat. Following a superstition that eating the animal that bit you will heal the wound, Father forced YH to eat dog-meat soup. YH feels as though the "butchered bodies" of the animals she has consumed are permanently lodged inside her chest.

After sending mother off, husband had a dream that he killed someone. He awoke without YH in bed, food untouched and IV ripped out. Husband tries looking for her and found there was a commotion nearby, it was YH, naked. She took off the hospital gown and laid it around her knees. She holds a dead white bird that features bloody, predator-like bite marks. Did she kill the bird?

Brutal

Yeong-hye's mother visits and prepares a black goat "herbal" drink. She urges Yeong-hye to drink it and she hesitantly does. After her mother left, she purged. Husband did not do anything. Mother returns and scolds her.

yo así un día dejé deje de consumir carne, pero la pesadilla fue mudarme a Jalisco