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  • 朝日新聞書評委員の「今年の3点」② 押切もえさん、温又柔さん、柄谷行人さん、呉座勇一さん、坂井豊貴さん
    Japanese(日本語) Article

    朝日新聞デジタル / December 26, 2020

    押切もえ(モデル・文筆家) ①シンプルなクローゼットが地球を救う ファッション革命実践ガイド(エリザベス・L・クライン著、加藤輝美訳、春秋社・1980円) ②隣人X(パリュスあや子著、講談社・1540円) ③百年と一日(柴崎友香著、筑摩書房・1540円) 生活の変化が多かった今年、今向き合うべきことについて考えた3冊。ファッション業界でもサステイナブル(持続可能な)であることが注目されているが、①を読んで、ファッション産業がどれほど地球環境に悪影響を及ぼしているかを知った。SDGsの意識が高まり、環境に配慮する動きが多方面から生まれているが、今後もさらに、何かを購入する時はよく考え、長く愛していきたい。

  • 徐美愛/連續殺人犯是天生的還是被製造的?
    Chinese(汉语) Article

    讀.書.人 / December 26, 2020

    韓國推理小說女王徐美愛研究連續殺人犯,深入挖掘惡之根源心理懸疑小說的傑作! 《晚安媽媽》本書已授權美國、德國、法國、英國、義大利、俄羅斯……等十三國版權!英國電視劇製作公司已取授權要拍攝成電視劇。(編按) 文/徐美愛;譯者/簡郁璇 李秉道是一名前所未見的連續殺人犯,他拒絕了所有訪問,從頭到尾保持緘默,被宣判死刑、收押於看守所的他,卻突然要求與素未謀面的犯罪心理學者善京面談。善京不禁納悶,他是怎麼認識自己,又為什麼要指定自己進行訪談……

  • 'O bom Filho' retrata a mente do assassino como um labirinto interminavel
    Portuguese(Português) Article

    Aliás Estadão / October 05, 2019

    O Bom Filho é um extraordinário exemplo de como a narrativa audiovisual, para muitos adversária ferrenha do ato de leitura, pode ter uma influência construtiva na literatura: uma economia no uso das descrições das ações mais banais, como abrir uma porta e atravessar uma rua e se alimentar e se locomover, e uma expansão da prosa na descrição gráfica de momentos chocantes, que, no caso do ótimo romance de You-jeong Jeong, escritora sul-coreana, são atos violentos e assassinatos. 

  • ‘O Bom Filho’: thriller sul-coreano à la Stephen King
    Portuguese(Português) Article

    Veja / July 12, 2019

    (Tradução de Jae Hyung Woo; Todavia; 288 páginas; 49,90 reais ou 34,90 reais na versão digital) Em sua Coreia do Sul de origem, You-jeong Jeong é festejada como uma “Stephen King de saias”. Com timing notável para o suspense, a autora já publicou quatro thrillers que se converteram em itens de sucesso na vibrante cena pop coreana.

  • Five authors of Korean thrillers you should be reading, by Paula Woods
    English(English) Article

    Los Angeles Times / February 14, 2020

    The list of top Korean crime novelists published in English — some of whom I’ve read, others I can’t wait to read — is woefully short but sure to grow. Some are pure mystery writers, others more literary but dabbling in the genre, as does much of the best writing coming from Korea today.

  • Book Reviews: ‘The Only Child: a Novel,’ ‘You Can Only Yell at Me for One Thing at a Time: Rules for Couples’
    English(English) Article

    Star Advertiser / February 16, 2020

    In “The Only Child,” Korean author Mi-ae Seo delivers a sometimes frightening psychological thriller with echoes of “The Silence of the Lambs” and “The Bad Seed.”

  • Book Report: Now’s the time to get a glimpse of the best upcoming reads
    English(English) Article

    winstonsalem / March 31, 2020

    Spring is here (finally!) and soon enough, parks will be full of splayed picnic blankets and people reading. To help curate your spring and summer book list so you too can be in a park reading a book, Bookmarks presents a Spring Book Club Social with author Steven Wright. (..)

  • BOOK BITES | Hannah Rothschild, Muna Shehadi, Mi-ae Seo
    English(English) Article

    Sunday Times / March 22, 2020

    Seonkyeong, a criminal psychologist whose students call "Clarice" because of her work with serial killers (à la Silence of the Lambs), receives a strange request. Yi Byeongdo, jailed for the murder of 13 women, has singled her out and wants to meet her. (..)

  • 6 новых романов, которые стоит прочитать прямо сейчас
    Russian(Русский) Article

    Instyle / October 03, 2019

    Фатима Мирза — молодая американская писательница, выросшая в строгой религиозной семьи иммигрантов. До 22 лет она носила хиджаб, а потом сняла его по собственному желанию. Теперь она преподает на курсах писательского мастерства, а ее дебютный роман вышел в импринте Сары Джессики Паркер.