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일곱 개의 고양이 눈
끝나는 순간 다시 이어지는 미스터리한 이야기들!
네 개의 중편이 모여 하나의 장편을 이루는 작품 『일곱 개의 고양이 눈』. 첫 소설집 <퀴르발 남작의 성>으로 찬사를 받으며 화려하게 문단에 등장한 작가 최제훈이 선보이는 첫 장편소설이다. 각각의 고유한 개성을 지닌 네 개의 중편이 하나의 거대한 장편 서사를 이루어간다. 연쇄살인에 관심이 많은 이들의 모임인 인터넷 카페 '실버 해머'에서 선택받아 초대된 여섯 명의 사람들. 그들은 산장에서 카페 주인 '악마'를 기다리지만 정작 그는 나타나지 않는다. 그리고 어느 순간부터 현실인지 환상인지 알 수 없는 게임이 시작되는데…. 이러한 <여섯번째 꿈>을 시작으로 유기적인 연결 고리 안에서 미스터리한 이야기들이 펼쳐진다.
네 개의 중편이 모여 하나의 장편을 이루는 작품 『일곱 개의 고양이 눈』. 첫 소설집 <퀴르발 남작의 성>으로 찬사를 받으며 화려하게 문단에 등장한 작가 최제훈이 선보이는 첫 장편소설이다. 각각의 고유한 개성을 지닌 네 개의 중편이 하나의 거대한 장편 서사를 이루어간다. 연쇄살인에 관심이 많은 이들의 모임인 인터넷 카페 '실버 해머'에서 선택받아 초대된 여섯 명의 사람들. 그들은 산장에서 카페 주인 '악마'를 기다리지만 정작 그는 나타나지 않는다. 그리고 어느 순간부터 현실인지 환상인지 알 수 없는 게임이 시작되는데…. 이러한 <여섯번째 꿈>을 시작으로 유기적인 연결 고리 안에서 미스터리한 이야기들이 펼쳐진다.
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379 pages, Hardcover
First published January 26, 2011
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June 12, 2024DNF
Kitabın konusu çok orijinal, okuyabildiğim kadarıyla keyifli, merak unsurunu hikayeye iyi yerleştirmiş ve okuru tetikte tutabilmiş. Zaten ülkesinde de ödül almış bu nedenle kitaba puan verip ortalamasını düşürmeyeceğim, yazık günahtır. Benim problemim kitabın çevirisi.
Gizem gerilim temasına asla uymayan, sürekli akışı sekteye uğratan, okuma hevesini dibe çeken kelime seçimleriyle gerçekten kötü bir iş. Herifçioğlu diye bir tanım olabilir mi ya? Ne okuyoruz biz Çağdaş bir gerilim romanı yerine Ömer Seyfettin mi?
Muzafferane, kırtıpil yemin ederim aklımda bile kalmayan şeyler dolu kitap ama öte yandan göt baş tamamen sansürsüz cüretkar bir dil kullanılmış. Hangisinden devam edelim? Buradan mı yoksa geleneksel kelimelerden m? Sansürsüz üsluba tamam deriz, alışkınız az yeraltı edebiyatı okumadık ancak kimliği belli olmayan, adamları çatır çutur öldüren kişiye herifçioğlu demek yeni mesela.
Biz hadi neyse ama özellikle Gen Z ile sanmıyorum ama başarılar.
Yazık oldu.
Kitabın konusu çok orijinal, okuyabildiğim kadarıyla keyifli, merak unsurunu hikayeye iyi yerleştirmiş ve okuru tetikte tutabilmiş. Zaten ülkesinde de ödül almış bu nedenle kitaba puan verip ortalamasını düşürmeyeceğim, yazık günahtır. Benim problemim kitabın çevirisi.
Gizem gerilim temasına asla uymayan, sürekli akışı sekteye uğratan, okuma hevesini dibe çeken kelime seçimleriyle gerçekten kötü bir iş. Herifçioğlu diye bir tanım olabilir mi ya? Ne okuyoruz biz Çağdaş bir gerilim romanı yerine Ömer Seyfettin mi?
Muzafferane, kırtıpil yemin ederim aklımda bile kalmayan şeyler dolu kitap ama öte yandan göt baş tamamen sansürsüz cüretkar bir dil kullanılmış. Hangisinden devam edelim? Buradan mı yoksa geleneksel kelimelerden m? Sansürsüz üsluba tamam deriz, alışkınız az yeraltı edebiyatı okumadık ancak kimliği belli olmayan, adamları çatır çutur öldüren kişiye herifçioğlu demek yeni mesela.
Biz hadi neyse ama özellikle Gen Z ile sanmıyorum ama başarılar.
Yazık oldu.
March 13, 2017
Un début vraiment prometteur, puis je me suis un peu enlisée, trouvant que l'idée de départ tournait en rond et s'essoufflait. Dommage.
June 21, 2017
I would prefer to give it 3.5 - it's an amazing story, or should I say = they are amazing stories - worth reading
February 17, 2019
When I started to read this book, the set up seemed quite familiar. I thought I was in for another "And then there were none" type of story (which I was fine with, since I do enjoy that type of story), but which made me think there was nothing special to be expected from this book.
Boy, was I wrong.
I was mesmerized at this book's ability to constantly metamorphose it's plot in an incredibly consistent way. It kept surprising me over and over again, consecutively shifting the reality of what I had previously thought was the truth. They might feel like scattered stories at some points, but we eventually find out how they're all connected as we zoom out to see the bigger picture. This cleverly knitted narrative tickled my curiosity at all times and kept me on the edge of my seat. I don't think I had ever read anything quite like this. I would definitely recommend it.
Boy, was I wrong.
I was mesmerized at this book's ability to constantly metamorphose it's plot in an incredibly consistent way. It kept surprising me over and over again, consecutively shifting the reality of what I had previously thought was the truth. They might feel like scattered stories at some points, but we eventually find out how they're all connected as we zoom out to see the bigger picture. This cleverly knitted narrative tickled my curiosity at all times and kept me on the edge of my seat. I don't think I had ever read anything quite like this. I would definitely recommend it.
August 25, 2019
Attention ovni! On m'a offert ce livre à Noël dernier, le titre était intriguant et voyant tout de suite le nom de l'auteur je m'attendais à une faible coréenne surnaturelle et dérangeante. Je ne fus pas déçue! Au départ je pensais qu'ils s'agissait d'un recueil de nouvelles je suis donc précipitée en lisant deux histoires dans le désordre -ne faîtes surtout pas ça !
Difficile à expliquer le sentiment éprouvé a la fin de la lecture, le vrai reproche que je puisse faire est plus lié au sens général de l'oeuvre...mais qu'à voulu dire l'auteur ? Cela me rappelle la croyance orientale commune qu'un fil tisse les relations entre les gens et les choses, cette idée est poussée à son paroxysme dans ce livre.
Difficile à expliquer le sentiment éprouvé a la fin de la lecture, le vrai reproche que je puisse faire est plus lié au sens général de l'oeuvre...mais qu'à voulu dire l'auteur ? Cela me rappelle la croyance orientale commune qu'un fil tisse les relations entre les gens et les choses, cette idée est poussée à son paroxysme dans ce livre.
March 5, 2020
J’ai commencé ce livre sans trop savoir dans quoi je m’embarquais. Je pensais que l’histoire tournerait uniquement autour du chalet et des invités - but oh was I wrong.
J’ai trouvé ce livre époustouflant. Les liens entre les personnages, les histoires, etc, je ne m’attendais à rien de tout ce que j’ai pu lire. C’est une lecture que je n’ai simplement pu poser tellement j’étais envoûtée. L’inventivité de l’auteur est à applaudir, parce que pour trouver une inspiration pareille, je ne sais pas comment il a fait.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 sans hésiter ! Tout simplement mon livre préféré.
J’ai trouvé ce livre époustouflant. Les liens entre les personnages, les histoires, etc, je ne m’attendais à rien de tout ce que j’ai pu lire. C’est une lecture que je n’ai simplement pu poser tellement j’étais envoûtée. L’inventivité de l’auteur est à applaudir, parce que pour trouver une inspiration pareille, je ne sais pas comment il a fait.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 sans hésiter ! Tout simplement mon livre préféré.
June 2, 2024
Petite bizarrerie, assez jubilatoire dans la confusion qu'elle offre à lire, je recommande pour les fans de Si par une Nuit d'Hiver un Voyageur.
Sept yeux de chats commence par un incipit à première vue tout à fait banal : 6 inconnus invités dans un chalet se retrouvent emprisonnés par une tempête de neige. L'archétype du policier en huis clos, que je trouve personnellement toujours très efficace, très difficile à poser. Mais ces premières pages ne sont qu'un leurre, rapidement les récits s'entremêlent et sèment des indices auxquels on n'est jamais sûr de pouvoir se fier. Le livre-même nous invite à un jeu du chat et de la souris où rien n'est clair mais tout nous happe. Cette narration déroutante se complexifie au fil des pages, elle alterne entre la première et la troisième personne, ressasse les mêmes intrigues tout en variant les détails... On a bien l'impression qu'elle se moque de nous, mais c'est si prenant que je n'ai pas pu lui en vouloir, j'étais complètement pris'e dans son piège !
La conclusion est un peu rapide, et je l'ai trouvé plutôt insatisfaisante, mais je le reste du livre en vaut largement la chandelle.
3,5/5
Sept yeux de chats commence par un incipit à première vue tout à fait banal : 6 inconnus invités dans un chalet se retrouvent emprisonnés par une tempête de neige. L'archétype du policier en huis clos, que je trouve personnellement toujours très efficace, très difficile à poser. Mais ces premières pages ne sont qu'un leurre, rapidement les récits s'entremêlent et sèment des indices auxquels on n'est jamais sûr de pouvoir se fier. Le livre-même nous invite à un jeu du chat et de la souris où rien n'est clair mais tout nous happe. Cette narration déroutante se complexifie au fil des pages, elle alterne entre la première et la troisième personne, ressasse les mêmes intrigues tout en variant les détails... On a bien l'impression qu'elle se moque de nous, mais c'est si prenant que je n'ai pas pu lui en vouloir, j'étais complètement pris'e dans son piège !
La conclusion est un peu rapide, et je l'ai trouvé plutôt insatisfaisante, mais je le reste du livre en vaut largement la chandelle.
3,5/5
April 10, 2022
Ce livre est juste incroyable ! Un labyrinthe insoupçonnée de mystères. Des liens entre chaque histoire, des connexions improbables… bref j’ai juste ADORÉ et j’en suis ressortie comme ça : 🤯🤯
April 17, 2017
"집에 돌아와 문을 열었을 때 어둠 속에서 일곱 개의 고양이 눈을 보았네 내가 키우는 새끼 고양이는 세 마리 뿐인데 하양 고양이, 까만 고양이, 얼룩 고양이 나는 차마 불을 켜지 못했네"
At first they looked like a string of strange short stories, written with such darkly beautiful prose, often grotesque and sometimes mysterious. However, upon going through a few stories, I concluded that I was reading a hybrid of both a stories collection and a novel which hid and revealed knots of plot with each iteration of telling. Like the Möbius strip on the cover, the characters seem to die, then live, and morph in a continuation of death, life and more death. I felt that I was going through a maze of horrors, where the map was strewn among the dead ends in puzzle pieces, and I was to find and match them to see the whole.
For example, one of the stories depict a hysterical mass murder and suicide among a group of serial killer enthusiasts in an isolated log cabin during winter. Then, in another story, this is revealed to be a tale in a novel. But it's not like the two stories were unrelated. Like those mad people at the cabin, the character in this story also ends up swinging between reality and fantasy through a series of disgusting dreams where he is trapped in an abandoned mine, in which he eats his sister for sustenance.
Through reuse of motifs and revelation of different details that are interwoven in each story, Jaehoon Choi makes a tale that needs to be read and re-read to truly sift through the mysteries he hid throughout every event, action and dialogue of his characters. And this isn't a criticism, either. I enjoyed the process and marveled at his architectural talent with which he built this strange novel. It is more of an elaborate kaleidoscope of a tale than a single story line.
At first they looked like a string of strange short stories, written with such darkly beautiful prose, often grotesque and sometimes mysterious. However, upon going through a few stories, I concluded that I was reading a hybrid of both a stories collection and a novel which hid and revealed knots of plot with each iteration of telling. Like the Möbius strip on the cover, the characters seem to die, then live, and morph in a continuation of death, life and more death. I felt that I was going through a maze of horrors, where the map was strewn among the dead ends in puzzle pieces, and I was to find and match them to see the whole.
For example, one of the stories depict a hysterical mass murder and suicide among a group of serial killer enthusiasts in an isolated log cabin during winter. Then, in another story, this is revealed to be a tale in a novel. But it's not like the two stories were unrelated. Like those mad people at the cabin, the character in this story also ends up swinging between reality and fantasy through a series of disgusting dreams where he is trapped in an abandoned mine, in which he eats his sister for sustenance.
Through reuse of motifs and revelation of different details that are interwoven in each story, Jaehoon Choi makes a tale that needs to be read and re-read to truly sift through the mysteries he hid throughout every event, action and dialogue of his characters. And this isn't a criticism, either. I enjoyed the process and marveled at his architectural talent with which he built this strange novel. It is more of an elaborate kaleidoscope of a tale than a single story line.
October 10, 2015
Je me souviendrais de cette oeuvre davantage pour elle-même, que pour son genre littéraire ou mon impression de lecture. Les références musicales et littéraires, les détails en surimpression, les alternatives philosophiques et les revirements circonstanciels des quatre parties s'imbriquant telles des poupées russes, ont laissé plus sûrement leurs traces dans mon esprit que les subtilités malsaines de l'intrigue criminelle la plus noire. Le lecteur peut se sentir comme l'Alice de Lewis Caroll égarée, suivant un dédale de chemins différents et sans issue. Que sa raison fasse contrepoids ou non à la folie du Lapin Blanc, du Lièvre de Mars et du Chapelier, comme de la Reine de Coeur, des Cartes et du Dodo, l'oeil unique du Chat de Cheshire cligne d'amusement et de malice dans le noir... et c'est là le dessein de l'auteur.
Chronique complète > http://furiae.eklablog.com/sept-yeux-...
Chronique complète > http://furiae.eklablog.com/sept-yeux-...
December 17, 2016
Cet auteur est un génie !!
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