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Kim Un-su

김언수

Born 1972 · South Korea

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    Yi Sang 2011 · Excellence prize

    금고에 갇히다

    Geumgoe gathida

    Title translated by AI:“Locked in a Safe”

    Kim Un-su · 38 when first published

    Short story

    AI-generated summary:Two safecrackers open a safe and then manage to lock themselves inside it, together with the woman who helped them, and with nothing left but to wait for the police they kill time among jewels they cannot take out.