Lee Jung-Myung Bücher

Fukuoka Prison, 1944. Beyond the prison walls the war rages; inside a man is found brutally murdered.Yuichi Watanabe, a young guard with a passion for reading, is ordered to investigate. The victim, Sugiyama - also a guard - was feared and despised throughout the prison and inquiries have barely begun when a powerful inmate confesses. But Watanabe is unconvinced; and as he interrogates both the suspect and Yun Dong-ju, a talented Korean poet, he begins to realise that the fearsome guard was not all he appeared to be . . .As Watanabe unravels Sugiyama's final months, he begins to discover what is really going on inside this dark and violent institution, which few inmates survive: a man who will stop at nothing to dig his way to freedom; a governor whose greed knows no limits; a little girl whose kite finds her an unlikely friend. And Yun Dong-ju - the poet whose works hold such beauty they can break the hardest of hearts.As the war moves towards its devastating close and bombs rain down upon the prison, Watanabe realises that he must find a way to protect Yun Dong-ju, no matter what it takes. This decision will lead the young guard back to the investigation - where he will discover a devastating truth . . .At once a captivating mystery and an epic lament for lost freedom and humanity in the darkest of times, The Investigation - inspired by a true story - is a sweeping, gripping tale perfect for fans of The Shadow of the Wind.

The groundbreaking Own Voices YA classic from Korean-American author Marie Myung-Ok Lee, reissued with a new foreword from Wicked Fox author Kat Cho. Seventeen-year-old Ellen Sung just wants to be like everyone else at her all-white school. But hers is the only Korean American family in town, and her classmates in Arkin, Minnesota, will never let her forget that she’s different. At the start of senior year, Ellen finds herself falling for Tomper Sandel, a football player who is popular and blond and undeniably cute . . . and to her surprise, he falls for her, too. Now Ellen has a chance at a life she never imagined, one that defies the expectations of both her core friend group and her strict parents. But even as she stands up to racism at school and disapproval at home, all while pursuing a romance with Tomper, Ellen discovers that her greatest challenge is one she never expected: finding the courage to speak up and raise her voice.

Egy ismeretlen férfit holtan találnak New Yorkban, vérébe számokat és szimbólumokat rajzoltak a padlón. A gyanúsított az észak-koreai származású Kil-mo, akit a helyszínen őrizetbe vesznek. Angela, a CIA egyik ügynöke elnyeri a zárkózott fiú bizalmát, és az megosztja vele élete történetét. Kil-mo, aki kiemelkedő matematikai tehetségével mindig kilógott társai közül, csöndes életet élt Phenjanban. Ám amikor sebészorvos apját keresztény hite miatt letartóztatják, ő is munkatáborba kerül a család többi tagjával együtt. Itt találkozik a szépséges Jong-ével, akivel barátságot kötnek. A lány azonban megszökik a táborból, Kil-mo pedig elhatározza, hogy követi. Különleges képességeinek hála, sikerül is kijutnia, és átszökni a határon. Ám a megkönnyebbülés nem tart sokáig: hamarosan az ázsiai alvilág kellős közepén találja magát, amelyhez foghatót el sem tudott képzelni...