The Old Woman with the Knife: A Novel

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The Old Woman with the Knife: A Novel

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Engels
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    1 apr 2023

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    "The Old Woman with a Knife" tells the story of a 65 year-old contract killer, who started a "vermin extermination" operation some 45 years earlier with her, now deceased, mentor / lover and who is at her pensionable age having to deal with a young fellow-exterminator who harbours a grudge against her. The novel explores many facets of South-Korean life (both more current and hystorical), but the focus is on the more universal theme of coping with old age. It is here where the novel is incisive and funny, yet brutal, especially in its depiction of the emotional "softening" which often occurs with age. As the novel walks the line between fast-paced crime fiction and melancholic reflection through exceptional penmanship (even in translated form). A modern classic.