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Book review: Kim Un-su's The Plotters is a riveting, cinematic thriller about assassins in a library
Screen adaptations of books are a dime a dozen these days. A hot title comes on the market and you can expect to see it on the screen in a year or so. But once in a while, along comes a book so inherently cinematic that it is practically a movie beaming off the pages. The Plotters by South Korean... -
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Los Conspiradores: Un-Su Kim
Es difícil no sentir cierta simpatía por Reseng. Es el complejo y a veces fastidioso protagonista de “Los Conspiradores” (Océano 2019). Una muy buena novela de un joven narrador coreano hasta ahora totalmente desconocido para mí: Un-Su Kim. Un joven novelista a quien ya la crítica literaria europea... -
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The Plotters by Un-su Kim review – a sniper in Seoul
In his increasingly curmudgeonly later years, Kingsley Amis claimed only to favour novels that began: “A shot rang out.” The opening of Korean author Un-su Kim’s The Plotters has the potential to satisfy that boozy reactionary of English letters, as a hired gun lines up his prey in the telescopic... -
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‘The Plotters’ is a chilling portrait of a killer for hire
It’s a bull market for fictional hit men. Among recent assassin-centric thrillers is Malcolm Mackay’s brilliant Glasgow Trilogy: “The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter,” “How a Gunman Says Goodbye” and “The Sudden Arrival of Violence,” plus a couple of stand-alones by the same author. Now comes... -
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After K-pop, translated Korean books are now the latest obsession — here are the top Korean authors you should read right now
From K-pop girl groups to the trend-setting runways of Seoul Fashion Week, South Korea has the world transfixed with their unique take on arts and culture. With more than 80 literary works set to be translated and published in 22 languages, Korean authors are now set to spark plenty of buzz in 2019... -
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Что читать этой осенью? Отвечают представители книжных издательств
Планировщики» Ким Онсу В начале осени издадим «Планировщиков» корейца Ким Онсу. Надо сказать, что в Южной Корее вслед за кинематографическим бумом явно начинается литературный. -
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Kim Un-Su – Likwidator. Zabijanie za pieniądze to praca
Niejaki Reseng to zabójca na zlecenia, które przychodzą z… biblioteki. I to on opowiada czytelnikowi swoją historię znaczoną mordami tylko i wyłącznie dla pieniędzy. A przy tym opisuje przemiany społeczno polityczne w Korei Południowej, które jakoś dziwnie można by i dopasować do zupełnie innych... -
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Un Roman Noir pour l'Eté : Les Planificateurs
C’est l’une des rares romans policiers venus de Corée du Sud. Et quel roman ! Dans le monde hiérarchisé du crime, chacun est à sa place ; du côté des exécutants, Laeseang, 32 ans, est un assassin aux rares qualités professionnelles. Auxquelles s’ajoute une passion dévorante (mais qui ne lui fait... -
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Libri sotto l’ombrellone: i thriller dell’estate
Un giallo fuori dagli schemi I cospiratori di Un-Su Kim (Harper Collins) ci offre un punto di vista insolito, quello dell’assassino. A Seoul dietro ad ogni uccisione c’è un cospiratore, di cui nessuno conosce l’identità.