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The Old Woman With the Knife

The Old Woman With the Knife
Title Sub
Paperback
Author
GU Byeong-mo
Co-Author
-
Translator
Chi-Young Kim
Publisher
Canongate
Published Year
2022
Country
UNITED KINGDOM
Classification

KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century

Original Title
파과
Original Language

Korean(한국어)

Romanization of Original
Pagwa
ISBN
9781838856434
Page
288
Volume
-
Gu Byeong-mo
  • GU Byeong-mo
  • Birth : 1967 ~ -
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Byeong-mo
  • Family Name : Gu
  • Korean Name : 구병모
  • ISNI : 0000000108317297
  • Works : 24
No. Call No. Location Status Due Date Reservation
1 영어 813 구병모 파-김 LTI Korea Library Available - -
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Descriptions
  • English(English)

Hornclaw is a sixty-five-year-old female contract killer who is considering retirement. A fighter who has experienced loss and grief early on in life, she lives in a state of self-imposed isolation, with just her dog, Deadweight, for company.

While on an assassination job for the ‘disease control’ company she works for, Hornclaw makes an uncharacteristic error, causing a sequence of events that brings her past well and truly into the present.

Threatened with sabotage by a young male upstart and battling new desires and urges when she least expects them, Hornclaw steels her resolve, demonstrating that no matter their age, the female of the species is always more deadly than the male.


Source : https://canongate.co.uk/books/4060-the-old-woman-with-the-knife/

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