In der südkoreanischen Hafenstadt Guam herrscht das Verbrechen. Um zu überleben, ist den Menschen jedes Mittel recht. Auch Huisu ist mit allen Wassern gewaschen. Seit zwanzig Jahren erledigt er für Old Son, den Kopf von Guams Unterwelt, die Drecksarbeit. Von Bestechung über Schmuggelei bis hin zum...

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...

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...

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 '...

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...

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...

In der südkoreanischen Hafenstadt Guam herrscht das Verbrechen. Um zu überleben, ist den Menschen jedes Mittel recht. Auch Huisu ist mit allen Wassern gewaschen. Seit zwanzig Jahren erledigt er für...

Reseng är en av de bästa yrkesmördarna i Seoul, uppfostrad av den grälsjuke ledaren Gamle tvättbjörn. Han är uppvuxen i det stora bibliotek som är högkvarter för lönnmördare, torpeder och planläggare...

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...

[Kindle Edition] Els planificadors treballen a l'ombra, sense embrutar-se mai les mans de sang. tracen els moviments dels criminals més perillosos del submon de Seül, però ningú no els ha vist mai...

Dietro ogni assassinio c'è un pianificatore anonimo - un cospiratore - che lavora nell'ombra. "I cospiratori" dettano silenziosamente le mosse dei criminali più pericolosi della città, ma la loro...

Sang Chaud, c’est Le Parrain à la sauce coréenne, dans l’ambiance glauque et sordide du port de Busan, port tentaculaire de la Corée. Si Séoul est Paris, Busan c’est Marseille. Ses habitants ont le sang chaud, la pègre tient le haut du pavé et les docks abritent tous les trafics. Entre le Japon et...

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...

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...