Kim Un-Su

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Kim Un-Su


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Busan, Korea, Republic of

Un-su Kim was born in 1972 in Busan and is the author of several highly praised novels. He has won the Munhakdongne Novel Prize, Korea’s most prestigious literary prize, and was nominated for the 2016 Grand Prix de la Littéraire Policière. He lives in Jinhae-gu, South Korea.

Average rating: 3.53 · 12,328 ratings · 2,059 reviews · 6 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Plotters

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3.57 avg rating — 7,385 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions
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The Cabinet

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3.50 avg rating — 5,747 ratings — published 2006 — 11 editions
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Sang chaud

3.57 avg rating — 118 ratings — published 2016 — 8 editions
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잽

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3.71 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions
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웃는 남자

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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2017
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열 장의 이야기와 다섯 편의 시

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“Black tea is steeped in imperialism. That's what gives it its flavor. Anything this flavorful has to be hiding an incredible amount of carnage.”
Un-su Kim, The Plotters

“Reseng was shocked at how treacherous life was. It didn't matter how high you rose, how invincible your body was, or how firmly you clung to greatness, because all of it could vanish with a tiny, split-second mistake.”
Un-su Kim, The Plotters

“But just as a vaccine company facing bankruptcy will ultimately survive not by making the world's greatest vaccine but, rather, the world's worst virus, so, too, did bodyguard and security firms need the world's most evil terrorists in order to prosper, not the greatest security experts. That was capitalism, Hanja understood how the world could curl around and bite its own tail like the uroboros serpent. And he knew how to translate that into business and extract the maximum revenue. There was no better business model than owning both the virus and the vaccine. With one hand you parceled out fear and instability, and with the other you guaranteed safety and peace. A business like that would never go under.”
Un-su Kim, The Plotters

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