Seo Mi-ae
Das Mädchen illustrator

Les 30 meilleures façons d’assassiner son mari

(et autres meurtres conjugaux)

30 Ways to Kill Your Husband

September 1, 2022
Thriller
120 pages
14,90 €
9782493386328
978-2-4933-8632-8
Translated from Korean by Kwon Jihyun and Rémi Delmas

“Cosy Mystery” collection

																Seo Mi-ae, Les 30 meilleures façons d’assassiner son mari
																Seo Mi-ae, Les 30 meilleures façons d’assassiner son mari

A woman goes to the police to confess the murder of her husband. The officials try to dismiss her quickly, because they are so used to her coming to "confess" to them about the murder. Indeed, she imagines so precisely—and so often—this passage to the act that she conceives a real feeling of guilt. For some time now, she has been under the care of a psychologist on this subject.
This time, however, things are different. Because, yes, the husband is really dead. But very quickly the investigation exonerates her completely and she goes home, feeling sorry for herself.
Maybe it’s time to talk to her shrink about it? Especially since they have become very, very close..

the authors

Seo Mi-ae is a Korean detective star. Like any Korean author, she starts with poems that appear in the press. Then in 1994 she published her first detective novel, which was a huge success: 30 Ways to Kill Your Husband. Her second, The Doll’s Garden, received the first prize in the Korean Polar. Since then she has published other novels and short stories and several of her books have been adapted for film or television.

Seo Mi-ae is also a screenwriter for television and film. She lives in Seoul.

Das Mädchen is a graphic designer and illustrator. Very influenced by mythology, tales and the imaginary, she develops a dreamlike and offbeat style, sometimes tinged with irony. The plant world but also chimeras, women and childhood have a special place in her illustrations, whether they are treated in a “traditional” pointillist style or in a more pop and colorful vein.
Das Mädchen collaborates regularly with the editions Matin Calme (30 Ways to Kill Your Husband, The 4 Investigators of Gwangseon’ mini-market) as well as with the editions Julliard (Monstres) and Calmann-Lévy (Les rêveurs définitifs).

Noteworthy

Responding to the request of a Korean literary magazine, Seo Mi-ae wrote this long story in 1994. Since then, this text has been republished. It has also been adapted for the stage and has been performed for over twenty years.

Strong points

Seo Mi-ae’s best seller

The edition

Art cover by Das Mädchen.

September 1, 2022
Thriller
120 pages
14,90 €
9782493386328
978-2-4933-8632-8
Translated from Korean by Kwon Jihyun and Rémi Delmas

“Cosy Mystery” collection