KIM UN-SU / 김언수 / 2019 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century

A thriller like you’ve never read one before, from the hottest new voice in Korean fiction ‘Kill Bill meets Murakami’ D. B. John, author of Star of the North ‘A work of literary genius’ Karen Dionne, internationally bestselling author of Home ‘A truly incredible and unique thriller’ Khurrum Rahman, author of East of Hounslow ‘I loved it!’ M. W. Craven, author of The Puppet Show ‘You’ll be laughing out loud every five minutes’ You-jeong Jeong, author of The Good Son ‘A mash-up of Tarantino and Camus set in contemporary Seoul’ Louisa Luna, author of Two Girls Down ‘An incredible cast of characters’ Le monde ‘Smart but lightning fast’ Brian Evenson, author of Last Days Plotters are just pawns like us. A request comes in and they draw up the plans. There’s someone above them who tells them what to do. And above that person is another plotter telling them what to do. You think that if you go up there with a knife and stab the person at the very top, that’ll fix everything. But no-one’s there. It’s just an empty chair. Reseng was raised by cantankerous Old Raccoon in the Library of Dogs. To anyone asking, it’s just an ordinary library. To anyone in the know, it’s a hub for Seoul’s organised crime, and a place where contract killings are plotted and planned. So it’s no surprise that Reseng has grown up to become one of the best hitmen in Seoul. He takes orders from the plotters, carries out his grim duties, and comforts himself afterwards with copious quantities of beer and his two cats, Desk and Lampshade. But after he takes pity on a target and lets her die how she chooses, he finds his every move is being watched. Is he finally about to fall victim to his own game? And why does that new female librarian at the library act so strangely? Is he looking for his enemies in all the wrong places? Could he be at the centre of a plot bigger than anything he’s ever known?   Source : https://www.amazon.co.uk/Plotters-Kim/dp/0008315760

Kim Un-su et al / 김언수 / 2013 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century

ある日突然、人が死ぬ。自然死でも病死でもなく、暗殺によって。事件性のない死として処理されるよう、設計者が綿密に計画を練り、暗殺者が実行するのだ。３２年前、修道院のゴミ箱に捨てられた赤ん坊は、暗殺組織に引き取られ、やがて一流の暗殺者となる。人を殺し、殺され続けた果てに、彼が見たものとは…。さまざまな矛盾を孕むことでしか生きられない人間存在の哀しみを描いた、韓国エンターテインメント小説の最高傑作。   Source : http://www.yodobashi.com/設計者-新しい韓国の文学〈06〉-単行本/pd/100000009001856287/

Kim Un-su et al / 김언수 / 2016 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century

Derrière tous les assassinats qui ont marqué l'Histoire, il y a toujours eu des planificateurs. Ils se déplacent et agissent dans l'ombre des pouvoirs... Source: http://www.livreparis.com/Visiter/Pays-a-lhonneur/Kim-Un-su/

Kim Un-su et al / 김언수 / 2018 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century

Raeseng ist Killer von Beruf, seit ihn Old Raccoon als Kind bei sich aufnahm und ausbildete. Aufgewachsen an einem geheimen Rückzugsort in Seoul, einer Bibliothek voller alter Bücher, gehört er zur Killer-Elite Koreas. Denn Old Raccoon ist ein Plotter. Als Kopf der Organisation »Library of Dogs« hat er seit Jahrzehnten alle politisch gewollten Exekutionen in Korea geplant. Doch als die Macht der Diktatur schwindet, gerät auch der Einfluss der Plotter ins Wanken – und eine neue Generation beginnt, ihr eigenes tödliches Netzwerk aufzuziehen. Als Raeseng vom Plan der Plotter bei der Ausführung eines Auftrags abweicht, geraten die Dinge außer Kontrolle – und Raeseng rückt selbst an die erste Stelle der Todesliste … Nach Han Kangs Sensationserfolg Die Vegetarierin macht mit Un-Su Kim ein weiterer koreanischer Bestsellerautor international Furore. In Korea gefeiert und mehrfach preisgekrönt, besticht Un-Su Kim in Die Plotter durch einzigartigen Stil und bemerkenswerte Beobachtungsgabe. Mit einfühlsam-sarkastischem Humor lässt er in seinem außergewöhnlichen Krimi noir den Beruf des Killers zum Handwerk werden. Ein faszinierendes Leseerlebnis, das alles zugleich ist: traumhaft und realistisch, hart und aufwühlend. Wie schon Old Raccoon sagte: »Wenn du Bücher liest, wird dein Leben erfüllt sein von Ängsten und Scham« – und alles andere als langweilig.   Source : https://www.lesejury.de/un-su-kim/buecher/die-plotter/9783958902329

KIM UN-SU / 김언수 / 2018 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century

The important thing is not who pulls the trigger but who’s behind the person who pulls the trigger—the plotters, the masterminds working in the shadows. Raised by Old Raccoon in The Library of Dogs, Reseng has always been surrounded by plots to kill—and by books that no one ever reads. In Seoul’s corrupt underworld, he was destined to be an assassin. Until he breaks the rules. That’s when he meets a trio of young women—a convenience store worker, her wheelchair-bound sister, and a cross-eyed obsessive knitter—with an extraordinary plot of their own. Will the women save the day? Or will Reseng be next on the kill list? Who will look after his cats, Reading Lamp and Book Stand? Who planted the bomb in his toilet? How much beer can he drink before he forgets it all? The Plotters is a cracking noir thriller combined with the soul, wit and lyricism of a highly original literary voice. Un-su Kim is the rising star of Korean literature. With shades of Murakami, The Plotters is a complex, fascinating moral tale about the changing of the guard in a corrupt underworld—a page-turner filled with black humour and compassion for a fallen world.   Source : https://www.textpublishing.com.au/books/the-plotters

Kim Un-su et al / 김언수 / 2019 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century

За каждым убийством стоит анонимный вдохновитель, планирующий его в деталях. Невидимые планировщики скрываются в густой тени, они дирижируют самыми громкими преступлениями, они направляют самых опасных убийц. Но существуют ли они? Или это лишь городской миф?.. .Рэсэн - киллер. Он вырос в Собачьей Библиотеке под присмотром странного и страшного человека, которого все зовут Старый Енот. Рэсэн никогда не задавался вопросом, почему он убивает тех, кого ему заказали. Его истинная жизнь протекала внутри книг, в которых он укрывался от непонятного искореженного мира. Но однажды Рэсэн переступил черту, нарушил главное правило своей профессии - не нарушать правила. И отныне перед ним два пути: либо быть убитым, либо изменить мир. Когда же ему попадается эксцентричное женское трио: продавщица с дипломом врача, ее смешливая сестра в инвалидной коляске и косоглазая библиотекарша с голоском жаворонка, ему ничего не останется, как сделать выбор: так и остаться марионеткой в руках загадочных планировщиков...   Source : https://www.dom-knigi.ru/product/461839/

KIM UN-SU / 김언수 / 2019 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century

Basta-lhe apertar o gatilho. Mas hesita. Talvez porque o sol se esteja a pôr. Ou porque a visão da sua vítima, a regar as flores do jardim, o faça hesitar. Ou talvez porque, aos 32 anos, e depois de 15 como assassino contratado, sinta um inesperado vazio. Poisa portanto a arma. O sol, entretanto, já se pôs. Reseng deita-se à espera de um novo dia. Então matará o general. Ou talvez não. Porque o velho lhe aparece de repente ao cair da noite. E convida-o para um chá. O início do livro é extraordinário. Apaixonamo-nos por Reseng, um assassino em crise existencial. E aos poucos, em pinceladas precisas, aprendemos a conhecê-lo melhor. É um órfão, foi acolhido aos quatro anos por um gangster, e vive desde então numa enorme biblioteca – que é também a sede de um sindicato do crime. É ali que recebe as ordens para matar, por entre leituras de Sófocles e Calvino. Os Conspiradores deram a conhecer ao Ocidente o premiado autor coreano Un-su Kim, que deixou a crítica tão rendida como desconcertada. Surgiram as comparações, falou-se muito em Camus, em Murakami e até em Don DeLillo. Mas se nas referências literárias não foi encontrado um denominador comum, sempre que se frisava o fulgor cinematográfico da obra, o nome evocado era o mesmo: Quentin Tarantino. Algures entre esses dois polos – um existencialismo mudo a par de uma exuberante coreografia da violência –, desenha-se um romance notável, que nos prende à leitura e nos leva para além dela.   Source : https://www.fnac.pt/Os-Conspiradores-Kim-Un-Su/a7093033

KIM UN-SU / 김언수 / 2019 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century

Za každou vraždou stojí anonymní mistr, který pracuje ve stínech. Tito nájemní vrazi řídí nejnebezpečnější činnosti městských zločinců, ale jejich existenci není možné dokázat. Jsou pouhou legendou. Co jsou zač? Co chtějí? Reseng je jedním z vrahů – dělníků. Poslouchá nevrlého vraha jménem Old Racoon, který je členem kriminální skupiny „Knihovna“. Reseng se nikdy na nic neptal. Kam má jít, koho má zabít, nebo proč je jeho domov plný knih, které nikdo nikdy nebude číst. Ale jednoho dne Reseng vystoupí ze stínu své práce a převrátí pečlivě vytvořené plány. A když odhalí mimořádné schéma, které je dílem výstředního tria mladých žen – úřednice, její postižené sestry a knihovnice – Reseng se musí rozhodnout, jestli zůstane pěšcem, nebo se konečně stane členem zápletky.   Source : https://www.bookdepository.com/es/Spiklenci-Kim-Un-su/9788075855893?ref=grid-view&qid=1565826392499&sr=1-6

Kim Un-su et al / 김언수 / 2020 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century

日本殖民朝鮮以來，「圖書館」已是當時極負盛名的存在，但它從未有過任何讀者，直到──   來生是個孤兒。 被館長收養後，圖書館便是他的世界。他在這藏書二十餘萬冊的空間裡成長，偷偷學習認字，卻被發現遭責打。他每天的任務是等待指令，聽令行事。因為圖書館從來就不是圖書館，來生也不是個普通少年。 他是「謀略者」底下的暗殺者。   「謀略者」是每個暗殺行動背後的主使，他們掌握國家最黑暗的一面，法、軍、政皆在其掌控之下。隨著韓國民主化，選舉制度確立，經濟迅速成長，暗殺體系愈發蓬勃，使得獨大百年的圖書館遭逢劇變。各派如雨後春筍般紛紛崛起，其中最大勢力便是叛離圖書館自立門戶的暗殺者漢子。   在這場權利鬥爭中，來生發現自己成了那顆關鍵棋子，迎接他的是不再安穩的生活，和連串惡意。至交好友一個接一個死於非命，家中被安裝炸彈。同時，他發現了一張「謀略者」暗殺名單。 他的名字就在上面。   他眼前有三條路可以選擇：忠誠，背叛，或死。但此時，一名女子浮上檯面。 因為這名平凡卻神祕的女子，他選了第四條路──   這是一部充滿陰謀、人命交易、政治佈局，人性最深層欲望的犯罪推理小說。被譽為韓國賀寧曼凱爾的當代知名犯罪小說家金彥洙，以韓國民主化的政治背景為舞台，揭開謀略者體系背後的黑幕。   Source: https://www.books.com.tw/products/E050062051?sloc=main

KIM UN-SU / 김언수 / 2019 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century

A fantastical crime novel set in an alternate Seoul where assassination guilds compete for market dominance. Behind every assassination, there is an anonymous mastermind--a plotter--working in the shadows. Plotters quietly dictate the moves of the city's most dangerous criminals, but their existence is little more than legend. Just who are the plotters? And more important, what do they want? Reseng is an assassin. Raised by a cantankerous killer named Old Raccoon in the crime headquarters "The Library," Reseng never questioned anything: where to go, who to kill, or why his home was filled with books that no one ever read. But one day, Reseng steps out of line on a job, toppling a set of carefully calibrated plans. And when he uncovers an extraordinary scheme set into motion by an eccentric trio of young women--a convenience store clerk, her wheelchair-bound sister, and a cross-eyed librarian--Reseng will have to decide if he will remain a pawn or finally take control of the plot. Crackling with action and filled with unforgettable characters, The Plotters is a deeply entertaining thriller that soars with the soul, wit, and lyricism of real literary craft.   Source URL : https://www.bookdepository.com/Plotters-Un-su-Kim/9780525564805?ref=grid-view&qid=1582768272972&sr=1-5