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The Old Woman With the Knife
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Format: Paperback / softback
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The Old Woman With the Knife
A whip-smart, taut and compelling novel about a 60-something female assassin navigating the vulnerabilities posed by her ageing body, and a meditation on loss and loneliness
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She never presumed she herself would live out her natural life, so she wouldn't mind leaving this world through an untimely death.
Hornclaw is a sixty-five-year-old female contract killer who is considering retirement. But 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.
The Old Woman With the Knife is a gripping tale that expertly weaves elements of suspense and introspection as Hornclaw navigates the complexities of her situation, underscoring the perpetual underestimation of mature women.
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Gu Byeong-mo's The Old Woman With the Knife is praised as a darkly comic and thrilling K-noir novel that explores themes of ageing and societal invisibility with compassion. Critics highlight its engaging story and well-developed characters, noting its mix of humour and insight into universal challenges. The heroine's radical nature and the book's electrifying narrative are particularly commended for providing a memorable reading experience.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781838856458
Publisher: Canongate Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 02 March 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Canongate Books
Edition: Main
Contributors:
- Translated by Chi-Young Kim
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 18.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 195g
Pages: 288
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About the Author
Gu Byeong-mo was born in Seoul, South Korea, in 1976. She made her literary debut in 2009 when her novel Wizard Bakery won the second Changbi Prize for Young Adult Fiction. Her 2015 short-story collection Geugeosi namaneun anigireul received the Today's Writer Award and Hwang Sun-won New Writers' Award. This is her third novel, and the first to be translated into the English language.Chi-Young Kim is an award-winning literary translator and editor based in Los Angeles. A recipient of the Man Asian Literary Prize (2011), she has translated works by You-jeong Jeong, Sun-mi Hwang, Young-ha Kim, Kyung Ran Jo, J.M. Lee and Kyung-sook Shin, among others.
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