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 'I loved it!' M. W. Craven, author of The Puppet Show '...

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"...

Immersion dans une société de l'absurde, pourtant pas si éloignée de la réalité... Un trentenaire, après des années de formation et de tentatives, trouve enfin un emploi auprès d'un laboratoire public. L'unique tâche qui lui est confiée étant de vérifier le matériel livré chaque matin... Ses...

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...

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...

За каждым убийством стоит анонимный вдохновитель, планирующий его в деталях. Невидимые планировщики скрываются в густой тени, они дирижируют самыми громкими преступлениями, они направляют самых...

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,...

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...

This year, I was lucky enough to read an assortment of addictive books in translation. The ones that stole my heart ranged from pulpy fiction with trained assassins, stories of a boy on the run because of caste violence, a girl who eats live birds, an Omani family saga that won the Man Booker...

Novelist Kim Un-su, 47, is one of the most-sought-after Korean writers in international book markets. His 2010 novel "The Plotters" has been translated into several languages and published in dozens of countries since its international debut in France in 2016. (...)

Türkiye-Güney Kore arasında edebiyat eserlerin etkileşimini teşvik etmek ve Kore edebiyatını tanıtmak amacıyla Ankara'ya gelen Güney Koreli yazarlar Kim Un-su ve Choe Yun, Türkiye izlenimleri, karşılıklı eser çevirileri ve Güney ile Kuzey Kore sorununa yönelik görüşlerini AA muhabirine anlattı. Kim...

Güney Koreli edebiyatçılar, Türkiye ile ülkeleri arasındaki ilişkilerin gelişmesi için Türk kültürünün Kore'de daha fazla tanıtılması gerektiğini söyledi. Türkiye-Güney Kore arasında edebiyat eserlerin etkileşimini teşvik etmek ve Kore edebiyatını tanıtmak amacıyla Ankara'ya gelen Güney Koreli...

Güney Koreli yazar Kim Un-su, polisiye kitabı Komplocular ile ilk defa Türkçe raflarındaki yerini alıyor. Yurt dışında adından çokça söz ettiren yazar, Doğan Kitap etiketiyle Türkiye’deki okuruyla da buluşma fırsatı yakalıyor. Güney Kore’nin başkenti Seul’un güneyinde yer alan Busan şehrinde 1972...

If ever there was a novel to keep readers on their toes it is this one. I was captivated by The Plotters‘ kaleidoscopic contradictions. From the sensitive, bookish souled Reseng who ‘grew up in a library crawling with assassins, hired guns and bounty hunters’ and taught himself to read despite...

Raised in the shadowy world of paid Korean assassins, Reseng does his job without remorse or guilt. Assassins and plotters (those who plan the kills) live by their own moral code and mostly die early in revenge killings.

 

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The Plotters is the first novel by prize-winning Korean author, Un-su Kim, in English. Reseng has been an assassin for fifteen years. His facilitator is Old Raccoon, who operates out of the library he calls The Doghouse. His instructions come from the Plotters who take orders from the...