UNITED STATES / Cheon Seon-ran / 천선란 / Gene Png / 2025 / literature  >  Korean Literature  >  Korean Fiction  >  21st century  >  Others

When four isolated elderly people commit suicide back-to-back at the same hospital by jumping out of the sixth-floor window, Su-Yeon doesn’t understand why she’s the only one at her precinct that seems to care. Dismissing the case as a series of unfortunate events due to the patients’ loneliness, the police force doesn't engage. But Su-Yeon doesn’t have the privilege of looking away: her dearest friend, Grandma Eun-Shim, lives on the sixth floor, and Su-Yeon is terrified that something will happen to her next. As Su-Yeon begins her investigation alone, she runs into a mysterious woman named Wanda at the crime scene. Wanda, hot on the trail of her ex-lover, Lily, gives Su-Yeon the answer to her investigation: a vampire did it. Su-Yeon is skeptical at first, but then a fifth victim jumps from the window and her investigation reveals the body was completely drained of blood. Desperate to discover the cause of the deaths, Su-Yeon considers Wanda’s explanation - that something supernatural is involved. The Midnight Shift is a gripping mystery, overflowing with commentary about societal isolation and loneliness, the sharp knife of grief, and the effects of marginalization, perfect for readers of Cursed Bunny; Woman, Eating; and A Certain Hunger. source : https://wanderingraccoonbooks.com/products/9781639735761?srsltid=AfmBOorhm7xvmhHDNGWWfhXZwW2ShiDK9MI2Ta7RcgGeICCGi8pctKju

UNITED STATES / Cheon Seon-ran / 천선란 / Chi-Young Kim / 2025 / literature  >  Korean Literature  >  Korean Fiction  >  21st century

It's only when we slow down that we can truly experience joy ... 2035: In the shadow of a race-course, two sisters grow up, helping their mother at the local cafe that serves renowned ramen. Family life is fractious especially when one of them loses their day-job to an automaton. When the sisters discover their beloved race-horse Today is being sent to the knacker's yard after a lifetime of over-racing, they are determined to rescue her. To remind Today of happier times, they hatch a plan to let her run one last race. But it will be no ordinary event. They will train her to run the slowest race of her life. Narrated by a most unusual and unforgettable storyteller, A Thousand Blues is a powerful hymn to our humanity. Brimming with heart, hope and rage, it is a book to cherish, share and re-read. source : https://www.amazon.com/Thousand-Blues-heart-warming-Korean-bestseller-ebook/dp/B0CW1KKJ1K

THAILAND / อีซูย็อน / 이수연 / ปภาวรินทร์ ขันขวา / 2025 / literature  >  Korean Literature  >  Korean Fiction  >  21st century

“มีแต่ตู้โทรศัพท์นี้เท่านั้นที่เชื่อมต่อได้?แต่ไม่ใช่ทุกคนที่ตั้งใจโทรออกแล้วจะได้ยินเสียงผู้ตาย อาจฟังดูแปลก?แต่บางทีความปรารถนาของใครบางคนอาจทำให้เกิดเรื่องแบบนี้ขึ้นมาได้” source: https://www.naiin.com/product/detail/636569

SPAIN / Baek Seungyeon / 백승연 / Ana Barragán / 2025 / literature  >  Korean Literature  >  Korean Fiction  >  21st century

Una novela ambientada en una tienda real en Seúl donde escribir cartas a desconocidos source: https://www.maeva.es/colecciones/grandes-novelas/la-maravillosa-tienda-de-sel

FRANCE / HAN KANG / 한강 / Jacques Batilliot / 2025 / literature  >  Korean Literature  >  Korean Fiction  >  21st century

Muette, elle est assise parmi les élèves qui répètent d’une voix énergique. source: https://www.livredepoche.com/livre/lecons-de-grec-9782253909972/

BRAZIL / You Yeong-Gwang / 유영광 / Jae Hyung Woo / 2025 / literature  >  Korean Literature  >  Korean Fiction  >  21st century  >  SF  >  Fantasy

Logo nos primeiros dias que dão início à estação das chuvas, uma construção em ruínas aparece.. É a loja dos dias de chuva, ou para os que acreditam, a loja dos goblins. Lá você pode encontrar livrarias mágicas, cabeleireiros… tudo o que seu coração desejar. Mas você não pode entrar sem um convite. Serin, que mora em um pequeno apartamento com sua mãe e sonha com uma vida maior e melhor, não consegue acreditar em sua sorte quando recebe um convite para para conhecer a loja dos dias de chuva. Uma vez lá dentro, ela terá a oportunidade de trocar sua vida por uma nova. Uma melhor. Acompanhada por Isha, a gata, e sempre seguida por uma sombra misteriosa, Serin entra timidamente. Lá, ela é informada de que tem apenas uma semana para escolher a vida perfeita e encontrar a verdadeira felicidade. No entanto, há um porém. Se ela não encontrar a vida dos seus sonhos, ficará presa dentro da loja para sempre... source: https://www.lojaeditoratrama.com.br/a-loja-dos-dias-de-chuva?srsltid=AfmBOorOo9bQXgv9NfnZrnvZ52ZGimePk8pRK9CfTsWpLrwHnCv9avHS

ARGENTINA / Sang Young Park / 박상영 / Maitane Doniz Fuentes / 2025 / literature  >  Korean Literature  >  Korean Fiction  >  21st century

FRANCE / Han Kang / 한강 / Choi Mikyung / 2025 / literature  >  Korean Literature  >  Korean Poetry  >  21st century poetry

Récompensée par le Prix Nobel de Littérature 2024, Han Kang dévoile toute la beauté de sa plume dans ce premier recueil de poèmes traduit en français. Elle y évoque la couleur des fins de journée, le froid, l’absence. Le corps aussi, tantôt affaibli, tantôt vigilant face au miroir. La lune est étrange, la mémoire des morts s’empare des maisons. Jusqu’à ce que la lumière revienne, que les femmes et les hommes quittent l’obscurité. Après l’immense enthousiasme suscité par ses romans, l’œuvre poétique de Han Kang nous invite à découvrir un nouvel aspect de l’imaginaire de la grande écrivaine coréenne – en écho avec son travail narratif. Par ses thématiques et l’infinie délicatesse de ses vers, Ces soirs rangés dans mon tiroir est une lecture indispensable pour s’imprégner de l’univers si singulier de l’autrice d’Impossibles adieux. source: https://www.amazon.fr/Ces-soirs-rang%C3%A9s-dans-tiroir/dp/2246834996

GERMANY / Kim Ho-yeon / 김호연 / / 2025 / literature  >  Korean Literature  >  Korean Fiction  >  21st century  >  Others

Nach Frau »Yeoms kleiner Laden der großen Hoffnungen« der neue warmherzige Roman von Kim Ho-yeon über den 24-Stunden-Laden von Frau Yeom In einer schmalen Gasse in einem alten Stadtteil von Seoul befindet sich Frau Yeoms kleiner 24-Stunden-Laden. Dort lenkt seit Kurzem Seon-suk die Geschicke, unterstützt vom neuen Nachtschichtmitarbeiter Hwang Geun-bae, der wie sein Vorgänger schnell zum Trostspender wird und Kunden wie Kollegen hilft, ihre Probleme anzugehen und neue Hoffnung zu schöpfen. Kim Ho-yeon erzählt in seinem neuen Roman humorvoll und einfühlsam von ermutigenden Begegnungen im Alltag und der Suche des Menschen nach Gemeinschaft und dem kleinen und großen Glück. source: https://www.hanser-literaturverlage.de/buch/kim-ho-yeon-wenn-es-nacht-wird-in-frau-yeoms-kleinem-laden-9783446282797-t-5557

GERMANY / Kim Hyesoon / 김혜순 / Uljana Wolf / 2025 / literature  >  Korean Literature  >  Korean Poetry  >  21st century poetry

Kim Hyesoons Virtuosität liegt in ihrer Fähigkeit, einzigartige poetische, überraschende und doch zugängliche Bilder zu schaffen und sich gleichzeitig tief in der weiblichen Erfahrung und Erzähltradition zu verwurzeln. »Autobiographie des Todes« besteht aus neunundvierzig Gedichten, jedes steht für einen einzelnen Tag, an dem der Geist nach dem Tod umherwandert, bevor er in den Kreislauf der Reinkarnation eintritt. Die Gedichte geben nicht nur denjenigen eine Stimme, die während der gewaltsamen Zeitgeschichte Koreas einen ungerechten Tod fanden, sondern setzen sich auch zu einem Mosaik des individuellen Schmerzes und der Meditation zusammen. Sie werden zu einer ungehörten, seltsam fesselnden Echokammer unkonventioneller Stimmen, die nahe rücken, zu einem Gelächter werden, zu einem Ort der Trauer, des Trostes und des Lebens. Source: https://www.fischerverlage.de/buch/kim-hyesoon-autobiographie-des-todes-9783103976847