Book Club: Read ‘We Do Not Part,’ by Han Kang, With the Book Review
In March, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss “We Do Not Part,” the Nobel laureate Han Kang’s novel about history ...
Nobel laureate Han Kang examines South Korea’s painful history
FICTION We Do Not Part Han Kang Hamish Hamilton, $35. When the South Korean writer Han Kang won the Nobel Prize last year, ...
Geraldine Brooks, Han Kang, Garth Greenwell and more in the best new books out in February
There are hidden family stories, and tales of love and loss both real and imagined in this month's best books, as recommended ...
In We Do Not Part, Han Kang faces unbearable historical traumas with sorrow and compassion
It’s daunting to review a novel written by someone who, in 2024, received the Nobel Prize in Literature. The prize was ...
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Han Kang is South Korea’s pride—and its conscience
Ms Han’s book and her Nobel prize are “catalysts” for renewed interest in the tragedy, says Chon Yeong-mi of the Jeju History ...
A Nobel laureate who mines her country’s nightmares, and her own
She connects the victims of atrocities with those who remember. Her novel “We Do Not Part” is now out in an English language ...
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Poet Kim Hye-soon and the true story of Eun-sook the editor in Han Kang’s ‘Human Acts’
The seven slaps suffered by a young woman working in publishing depicted in Han Kang’s novel about Korea under brutal ...
Sunday book pick: ‘We Do Not Part’ by Han Kang, winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature
There’s a strong sense of déjà vu in Han Kang’s We Do Not Part, the first novel in translation since her 2024 Nobel Prize win ...
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A Nobel laureate who mines her country’s nightmares, and her own
In Han Kang’s latest novel, a character saws off the tips of two of her fingers in a woodworking accident. Surgeons reattach them, but the treatment is gruesome and agonizing. Every three ...