Korean Fiction

셜록 홈즈의 크리스마스 이야기, "일곱 장 크리스마스 카드의 모험" 한 해가 끝나갈 무렵, 셜록 홈즈와 왓슨 박사는 눈 덮인 런던에서 고가의 시계 도난 사건과 기괴한 일곱 장의 크리스마스 카드 사건을 조사하게 됩니다. 과연 그들은 이 미스터리한 사건을 풀 수 있을까요? 존경받는 인기 작가 앤소니 호로위츠 (Anthony Horowitz)가 집필하고 데일리 메일(Daily Mail)에 최초 게재된 이 단편 소설이 아서 코난 도일 (Arthur Conan Doyle)경의 명탐정 셜록 홈즈(Sherlock Holmes) 시리즈를 좋아하는 모든 팬에게 선물이 되기를 바랍니다. *이 오디오북 마지막에는 작가 앤소니 호로위츠의 특별 육성 인사말이 포함되어 있습니다. * (인사말 한국어 번역): 안녕하세요, 저 앤소니 호로위츠가 여기 연말 인사를 보냅니다. 아서 코난 도일경의 위대한 창작물인 명탐정 셜록 홈즈가 나오는 이 짧은 크리스마스 이야기를 쓰는 건 정말 즐거운 작업이었습니다. 이 이야기는 빅토리아 시대 사람들이 실제로 서로에게 보내곤 했던 기괴한 크리스마스 카드들에서 영감을 받았답니다. 수사 과정에도 그게 나오죠.

Growing up, Jung-soon spent every moment she could at her grandparents' house. Dressing up and watching cartoons. Dyeing each other's fingernails with crushed balsam petals. Getting the whole neighborhood together to sweep their streets. Falling asleep together...just the three of them, happy. Grandfather was Grandmother's best and only friend. On every Jesa day, during the ancestral ritual, he would gently place the okchundang candy in her mouth, a big smile spreading across her face as it melted on her tongue.

Moving beyond the quasi-fraternal bond of the unforgettable George and Lenny from Of Mice and Men, Hurt You explores the actual sibling bond of Georgia and Leonardo da Vinci Daewoo Kim, who has an unnamed neurological disability that resembles autism. The themes of race, disability, and class spin themselves out in a suburban high school where the Kim family has moved in order to access better services for Leonardo.

Mina is the perfect daughter. Bound for Harvard, president of the honor society, straight A student, all while she works at her family's dry cleaners and helps care for her hearing-impaired younger sister. On the outside, Mina does everything right. On the inside, Mina knows the truth. Her life is a lie.

The time is roughly now and Kai, a white-collar worker, has just been abandoned by his longtime lover. Follow him through a labyrinth of alleyways as he reels from this sudden departure. Accompany him up snowy mountains where he contemplates ending his own life. That mourning can be both an art and ever-unfolding journey is epitomized in the paths that Kai crosses and the lives he alters for better or worse.

There are two classes of people in the Town: L and L2. The ones with citizenship are referred to as Ls, or Citizens. They are above a certain level of financial status with knowledge or skills that the Town requires. The L2s are people without citizenship but have a clean criminal record. After interview and physical examination, they can stay and work for two years in this safest and richest corporate nation on earth. Then there are those below even the L2s, illegal aliens called the saha.

The Korean Peninsula, a warzone divided between North and South. An uneasy peace has reigned since the truce of 1953, yet the communists see no reason to give up their efforts to conquer and seize the rich assets of the south. Lieutenant Kyle Nolan’s Team Bravo are on a training mission in the South when they uncover a North Korean tunnel, a clandestine route beneath the heavily guarded border. In the blink of an eye everything changes. The politicians and generals say a fresh invasion is impossible. But when the SEALs encounter the enemy, they are in no doubt the communists are preparing...

Danbi is thrilled to start her new school in America. But a bit nervous, too, for when she walks into the classroom, everything goes quiet. Everyone stares. Danbi wants to join in the dances and the games, but she doesn't know the rules and just can't get anything right. Luckily, she isn't one to give up. With a spark of imagination, she makes up a new game and leads her classmates on a parade to remember!

Ian McAllister has searched the world over, hunting for that all-elusive perfect photograph. He finds it on a tourist trip to North Korea when he stumbles upon a young street kid foraging for roots. Unaware that this single act will brand him a spy and cost his freedom, Ian takes the shot. Now, he must pay the penalty.

Jonas Stuyvesant's silver-spoon upbringing has not prepared him for the horrors of war. When Communist North Korea launches a surprise invasion of the South, Jonas finds himself leading his platoon against a well-trained, battle-hardened army. Soviet-made tanks break through the American lines. These are not the pitchfork-wielding peasants he expected. What should have been an easy victory turns into a devastating rout. Jonas and his men begin their retreat down the Peninsula, fighting a rear-guard action.

'잠든 것처럼 보이는 적을 조심하라!' 애완 고양이가 숲에서 가장 위대한 전사가 되기까지! 종족의 운명을 짊어진 젊은 전사의 거침없는 대모험! 전사의 삶을 살아가는 고양이들의 세계를 눈에 보일 듯 생생하게 그려낸 에린 헌터의 『전사들 1부 예언의 시작』, 그 네 번째 모험! 반역을 꾀하던 타이거클로는 종족에서 추방되고, 숲의 그늘에 숨어 천둥족에게 전쟁을 선포한다! 천둥족의 새로운 부지도자로 임명된 파이어하트는 비탄에 잠겨 껍데기만 남은 지도자를 돌보는 동시에 혼란에 빠진 종족을 이끌어야 한다.

Mina is a professional pickpocket and thief for a huge South Korean conglomerate (chaebol) into which she was born. Having brought great shame to the chaebol as a teenager, she is obligated to work as a criminal for them. This chaebol is also a crime syndicate. She desperately wants out of her dangerous and depressing existence. She sees a ray of hope in the character of Sienna who is the complete opposite to her. She becomes obsessed with Sienna to the point she complicates things on a truly horrific scale.

After moving from Korea to New York, Doki and his twin brother Kebi have been settling into their new home. Doki has so many new books to read! But Kebi hasn't been adjusting as easily. He has no friends! And his pranks on New York City haven't been working. Subway delays. Traffic jams. Scary smoke. New Yorkers have seen it all! It's up to Doki to cheer his brother up and come up with pranks big enough to shock their New York City neighbors in this humorous and heartwarming story inspired by the Korean mythology of dokkaebi.

공주의 인간개, 사람이 되기로 결심하다. 벨라스케스의 걸작에서 비롯된 어느 작고 위대한 인간의 이야기. 『바르톨로메는 개가 아니다』는 오스트리아 소설로 작가 라헐 판 코에이가 17세기 스페인을 배경으로 쓴 작품이다. 역사적 사실에 소설적 상상력을 접목시킨 이른바 팩션 형식의 『바르톨로메는 개가 아니다』. 이 책의 실마리가 된 벨라스케스의 [라스 메니나스]는 스페인 국왕 펠리세 4세의 공주 마르가리타를 중심으로 공주의 하녀와 시동들이 등장하는 그림이다.

얼어붙은 1월의 어느 날 새벽 5시, 발란데르 경위는 일상적인 호출이라고 믿은 전화에 응답한다. 고립된 농가에 도착했을 때, 그는 피바다를 발견한다. 한 노인이 고문 끝에 죽임을 당했고, 그의 아내는 엉망이 된 남편의 시체 옆에 간신히 숨은 붙은 채 누워 있다. 전혀 이치에 닿지 않는 폭력의 두 희생자. 발란데르의 삶은 어수선하다. 아내가 집을 나갔고, 딸은 그와의 대화를 거부하며, 나이 든 아버지는 그를 무시한다. 쉼 없이 일하는 그는 방치된 아파트에서 술로 외로이 밤을 지새운다. 하지만 이제 발란데르는 자신의 문제를 잊고 시간과의 싸움에 전력투구한다.

Ice, Fire, and Blood, the first novel of veteran journalist Norman Black, brings to vivid life U.S. combat infantrymen's experience in Korea, from late 1950 to spring 1951. The story focuses on one company of an infantry battalion and begins in northwestern Korea. It covers those periods when Chinese armies entered the war and inflicted devastating loses on U.S.-U.N. forces and the subsequent turn-around, early in 1951, after Gen. Matthew Ridgway took command. In the following months, new equipment was received, serious loses were inflicted on the Chinese, and it became clear South Korea would not be overrun by Communism.

Whale, set in a remote village in South Korea, follows the lives of many linked characters, including Geumbok, an extremely ambitious woman who has been chasing an indescribable thrill ever since she first saw a whale crest in the ocean; her mute daughter, Chunhui, who communicates with elephants; and a one-eyed woman who controls honeybees with a whistle. Brimming with surprises and wicked humor, Whale is an adventure-satire of epic proportions by one of the most original voices in international literature.

Couture gowns, press parties, international travel. Rachel Kim is at the top of her game. Girls Forever is now the number one K-pop group in the world, and her fame skyrockets after her viral airport styling attracts the attention of fashion’s biggest names. Her life’s a swirl of technicolour glamour and adoring fans. Rachel can’t imagine shining any brighter. The only thing that’s missing is love—but Rachel’s determined to follow the rules. In her world, falling in love can cost you everything.

In the summer of 2002, 19-year-old Kim Hae-on was murdered in what became known as the High School Beauty Murder. There were two suspects: Shin Jeongjun, who had a rock-solid alibi, and Han Manu, to whom no evidence could be pinned. The case went cold.

USMC Camp Pendleton, 1951. Jackson Joseph MacKenzie, a seventeen-year-old with a calling, enlists in the US Army. He finds himself hip-deep in the muddy trenches, machine gun nests, human wave attacks, and artillery barrages in the Korean War. Does he have the resiliency to keep moving toward his dream after watching his friends die? Is he a leader or a follower? Will he fold under pressure? Or rise to the top? Questions he must answer before reaching for that coveted prize, an appointment to West Point.