![]() ![]() ![]() Sowon enrolls in school and devotes himself to his studies, desperate not to be cast off. “Hello? Hello? Who is it?”įinally, Sowon catches a break when Mr. My throat closed up and I couldn’t speak. Finally, a slow, clear voice said, “Hello?” Maybe he’d bought a new cell phone after giving me his, and was still using the same number … There was probably no point, since he’d given me his phone and Uncle Jongu had broken it, but I dialed, cautiously hopeful. ![]() There was only one number I hadn’t tried-Mr. I had grown out of my sneakers, so I was wearing them with the heels folded down-like slippers. My jacket was too thin and my jeans were too small-my ankles were bare. Snow swirled into the phone booth through the gaps around the door. They ultimately abandoned him, moving away without telling Sowon their new address and changing their phone numbers lest he attempt to find them. Sowon’s life spiraled downward under his relatives’ mistreatment. Ahn, his father’s roommate when he was a guard at the Seryong Lake dam, protected Sowon after his father’s incarceration and before Sowon’s relatives took him in. Sowon is the son of a convicted murderer, the man responsible for “The Seryong Lake Disaster.” He was 11-years-old when his father was arrested. ![]() Dark, disturbing, and full of twists and turns, Seven Years of Darkness by You-Jeong Jeong is a riveting new novel about a son forced to deal with punishments resulting from the sins of his father. ![]()
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