A Strange Case of Erasure

Jaclyn Lim
Paperback, 232 pages
9789815348330

Finalist for the 2026 Epigram Books Fiction Prize

A woman holds everything together, then her body begins to disappear.

After years of working, Seok Lin stays home to care for her family. Then one day, her toe vanishes. Doctors diagnose her with a rare condition that causes parts of her body to disappear. But while Seok Lin fades, the needs of her family remain unchanged, and she finds herself drawn to Chad, an AI interface that offers a strange sense of comfort.

A surreal and unsettling novel about motherhood, care and what it means to slowly disappear in plain sight.