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"Asa's husband is transferring jobs, and his new office is located near his family's home in the countryside. During an exceptionally hot summer, the young married couple move in, and Asa does her best to quickly adjust to their new rural lives, to their remoteness, to the constant presence of her in-laws and the incessant buzz of cicadas. While her husband is consumed with his job, Asa is left to explore her surroundings on her own: she makes trips to the supermarket, halfheartedly looks for work, and tries to find interesting ways of killing time. One day, while running an errand for her…

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5 editions · 2 languages
  • Paperback · English · 2020
    New Directions · 112 pages · 9780811228879
  • Other · English · 2024
    Hole
    Granta Books · 9781803510606
  • Other · English · 2024
    Hole
    Granta Books · 96 pages · 9781803510620
  • Other · English · 2020
    Hole
    New Directions Publishing Corporation · 112 pages · 9780811228886
  • Other · German · 2024
    Das Loch
    Rowohlt Hardcover · 128 pages · 9783498004866
New York Times reviewedFiction, womenFiction, absurdistMan-woman relationshipsFictionCountry lifeMonsters