On may 18th 1980, a boy is looking for his friend, certain that it is among the unidentified bodies in the provincial office. Soldiers are to re enter the city & he gets caught up in volunteering to help with dressing the bodies in the building and staying to demonstrate against the army with other student& civilian protesters. His story that fay is the thread that ties together the stories of 5 others who experienced trauma at the hands of the Korean government in the 80s. This book was moving in many ways showing the different effects a collective trauma has on those who experience it. A bold writing choice, the narration was in 2nd person POV, giving the prose a eulogistic cadence, further pushing the tenderness, grief, and human quality of the 6 voices we hear. I had no previous knowledge of this event in Koreas history, and reading this not only stuck with me, but urged me to seek out more knowledge in the topic. The brutality of war, the way life goes on, and the way those memories cling and grasp and shout out loud not to be forgotten is expertly captured in this one. The audiobook was fantastic, especially so because I otherwise would have had no knowledge on most pronunciations, but the spoken word added to the lyrical quality of the book. Incredible.