Bøger af Mirinae Lee

På plejehjemmet Gylden Solnedgang i Sydkorea er det ikke usædvanligt, at beboerne opdigter historier. Så da miss Mook går i gang med at fortælle om sit liv i Nord- og Sydkorea, ved nekrologskriveren dårligt, hvad hun skal tro. Den ene mere utrolige historie efter den anden kommer fra den ældgamle dame: om fangenskab, venskab, mord, eventyr, dækidentiteter og spionage. Historier, der er så farverige og forskellige, at de umuligt kan handle om den samme kvinde. Eller kan de? Dette er en utrolig roman om en utrolig kvindeskæbne i Korea. Om krig og kærlighed, forræderi og bedrag, historiefortælling og identitet. Lige så legesyg og tankevækkende, som den er brutal og smertefuld.

Joining the acclaimed ranks of Pachinko and A Woman is No Man, a riveting and genre-bending debut of love and survival, set in the demilitarized zone separating North and South Korea.Life near the North Korean border is a zero-sum game, an ongoing battle in which you either win or you lose. This dangerous, shadowed netherworld is home to an unforgettable woman known only as the "trickster."Inspired by the story of Lee's great aunt, one of the oldest women to escape alone from North Korea, 8 Lives of a Century Old Trickster consists of eight dark and spellbinding chapters that follow this remarkable character and her family as they struggle to survive during the most turbulent times of modern Korean history. Mirinae Lee's trickster is a shapeshifter--throughout the course of these interconnected chapters she is a slave, an escape artist, a murderer, a terrorist, a spy, a lover, and a mother--a woman who must often choose the unthinkable to survive war and conquest in Korea. Her story is a beguiling, complex tale of love and survival that will keep you riveted--and speculating--until the very end thanks to Lee's brilliant talent for sleight of hand.A fascinating look at survival, trauma, and family, 8 Lives of a Century-Old Trickster is an incredible literary debut from a bright new talent.