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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.