An encounter with the phantoms of South Korea’s brutal military past
Han Kang won the Nobel last year. But her new novel, We Do Not Part, about an arduous trip and haunting memories, is unbalanced and fitful ...
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The latest Nobel laureate's work is haunted by questions. Don't expect answers
In the course of her research for a book on victims of the deadly Jeju Uprising of 1948, she finds she is no longer able to reconcile the inhumanity she’s confronted with a belief in the ...
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“We Do Not Part”: The Jeju Massacre and generational trauma
Korean Nobel Prize winner Han Kang’s latest novel, “We Do Not Part,” was translated into English and released on Jan. 21, 2025. Originally published in 2021, the book was translated by E. Yaewon and ...
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Han Kang is South Korea’s pride—and its conscience
On April 3rd 1948 a group of leftist rebels on Jeju staged an uprising to protest against the ... arrested and tortured. Ms Han’s book and her Nobel prize are “catalysts” for renewed ...