Yeah, I loved this book. I love how dark, fatalistic, nihilistic, cynical, funny and strangely poetic it was. Seriously with that combination what is not to love. Reseng is an assassin and is you guide into the complicated John Wickian world that feels incrediable parallel to South Korean politics.
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[Audio Book] The PlottersKIM UN-SU
/2019Behind 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... -
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The PlottersUn-su Kim
/2019A 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 '... -
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Die PlotterUn-su Kim
/2018Raeseng 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"... -
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Le PlacardKIM UN-SU
/2017Immersion 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...
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Els planificadors
[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... -
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I cospiratori
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... -
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Likwidator
Najnowsze dzielo autora okrzyknietego ,,koreanskim Henningiem Mankellem" to znakomity thriller, którego akcja rozgrywa sie w alternatywnej rzeczywistosci Seulu, gdzie gildie platnych zabójców tocza... -
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Sang chaud
Guerres de succession dans la mafia coréenne " Après le polar scandinave, place au polar coréen ! Kim Un-su, le "Henning Mankell' de Corée, ouvre la voie. " The Guardian À propos des Planificateurs,... -
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"Endişelenme. İnsan kolay kolay ölmez. Kafasından vurulup beyninde kurşunla otuz yıl hayatta kalan da var. Cenazeci, tabutun kapağına çivi çakarken dirilen de... Yaşamak, böyle şaşırtıcı, zalim ve...
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Roman / Sang chaud de Kim Un-su : critique
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... -
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The 12 Best Translated Books Of 2019
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... -
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Powerful storyteller Kim Un-su touches global readers
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. (...) -
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Güney Koreli edebiyatçılardan Türkiye'ye tanıtım çağrısı
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... -
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Güney Koreli edebiyatçılardan çağrı
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...
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Brive International Book Fair
2018/11/09 to 2018/11/11From November 9 to 13, the Literature Translation Institute of Korea (LTI Korea) held a Korean literary event at the Foire du livre de Brive, and supported the participation of author Kim Un-su (whose short story anthology Jab! Was recently published in France) at the event. First held in 1973, the... -
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The Paris International Book Fair
2016/03/17 to 2016/03/20Korea was invited as the Guest of Honor at the 2016 Paris International Book Fair, held from March 16–20, in celebration of 130 years of diplomatic relations between Korea and France. Nearly 3,000 writers from 45 countries attended the fair where around 800 events were held. A total of 30 Korean... -
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French literary festival "Meeting"
2015/11/19 to 2015/11/25LTI Korea took part in the literary festival “Meeting” held in Saint-Nazaire and Paris from November 19 to 25. Korea was invited as the Guest of Honor at the festival this year in commemoration of 130 years of diplomatic relations between Korea and France. The theme this year was “Traduire la Vie... -
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Tokyo International Book Fair
2015/07/01 to 2015/07/04LTI Korea participated at the 2015 Tokyo International Book Fair from July 1 to 4, together with writers Kang Young-sook and Kim Un-su. On June 30, a day before the fair was set to open, writer Kim Un-su gave a lecture on the topic “Why I Write” at Gakushuin University. The writer spoke in an... -
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Saint-Loius Literary Festival
2013/05/01 to 2013/05/08The two writers Cheon Un-yeong and Kim Un-su, who were invited to the Saint-Louis Literary Festival in France, met with French readers from May 3rd to 5th. The writers’ works, Farewell, Circus! (Adieu le cirque!) by Cheon and The Cabinet (Le Placard) by Kim were translated and each published by...
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THE PLOTTERS by Un-su Kim, Book Review
/U.S.A.July 30, 2018If 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...
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Alan's Reviews : The Plotters
/U.S.A.Nov 19, 2018Raised 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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Marianne's Reviews : The Plotters
/U.S.A.July 17, 2018The 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...
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