Chi-Young Kim

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    Five authors of Korean thrillers you should be reading, by Paula Woods

    U.S.A.
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    Los Angeles Times
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    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.
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    Miracle on Cherry Hill

    U.K
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    Sun-mi Hwang
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    황선미
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    2019
    / Literature - Korean literature - Contemporary fiction
    This is the story of a man named Kang Dae-su. His whole life is a miracle, rising from poverty to running a successful construction company. In his twilight years, Kang is diagnosed with a brain...
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    Marilyn and Me

    U.K
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    Lee Jimin
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    이지민
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    2019
    / Literature - Korean literature - Contemporary fiction
    A beautifully woven page turner' Heather Morris, author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz A gripping and heartwrenching novel of damage and survival, grief and unexpected solace, Marilyn and Me is a...
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    Ruthie Jones's Reviews : Please Look After Mom

    U.S.A.
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    Apr 08, 2011

    Powerful and unforgettable! I actually believe this book has changed me or at least opened my eyes to my own level of participation (and shortcomings) in my relationships...

     

     

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    Liz Barnsley's Reviews : The Good Son

    U.S.A.
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    Apr 11, 2018

    The Good Son is a novel that rewards it’s readers – a slow burner of a tale, creepy as you like, based around one single character – Yu-jin – who wakes up one morning and finds himself covered in blood and his Mother dead downstairs…but did he kill her? Well that is the question….

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    BOOK REVIEW: THE GOOD SON BY YOU-JEONG JEONG

    U.S.A.
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    April 29, 2018

  • The good son

    U.S.A.
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    You-jeong Jeong
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    정유정
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    2018
    / Literature - Korean literature - Contemporary fiction
    Early one morning, twenty-six-year-old Yu-jin wakes up to a strange metallic smell, and a phone call from his brother asking if everything's all right at home – he missed a call from their mother in...
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    The Good SonYou-jeong Jeong

    Chi-Young Kim
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    2018
    "A cool, crafty did-he-do-it thriller...The Good Son will rivet readers of Jo Nesbo and Patricia Highsmith." —A. J. Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window The Talented Mr. Ripley meets The Bad Seed in this breathless, chilling psychological thriller by the #1...

  • The boy who escaped paradise

    U.S.A.
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    J.M. LEE
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    이정명
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    2016
    / Literature - Korean literature - Contemporary fiction
    An astonishing story of the mysteries, truths, and deceptions that follow the odyssey of Ahn Gil­mo, a young math savant, as he escapes from the most isolated country in the world and searches for...
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    The Boy Who Escaped ParadiseJ. M. Lee

    Chi-Young Kim
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    2017
    An astonishing story of the mysteries dividing truth and deception that follows the odyssey of Ahn Gil­mo, a young autistic math genius, as he escapes from the most isolated country in the world and searches for the only family he has left. An unidentified body is discovered in New York City, with...

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