On the surface Ha Seongnans stories seem pleasant enough yet theres something disturbing just below the surface ready to permanently disrupt the characters lives. A woman meets her nextdoor neighbor and loans her a spatula then starts suffering horrific gaps in her memory. A man feeling jilted by an unrequited love becomes obsessed with sorting through his neighbors garbage in the belief that it will teach him how to better relate to people. A landlord decides to raise the rent and his tenants