Gwangju, Sør-Korea, 1980. I etterdønningene av et studentopprør som ble slått brutalt ned, leter 14-årige Dong-ho etter vennen sin blant alle de drepte. Når han finner ham, vil han da være levende...

À la faveur d'un séjour à l'étranger, Han Kang pose sur une feuille quelques mots, tous liés à une couleur, le blanc. Le blanc d'une couverture pour bébé, le blanc du sel ou de la neige, le blanc de...

しなないで、しなないでおねがい―その言葉がお守りとなり、彼女の体に宿り、そのおかげで私ではなく彼女がここへやってくることを、考える。自分の生にも死にもよく似ているこの都市へ。 うぶぎ、ゆき、つき、こめ、はくさい、ほね…白い光と体温のある方へ―ワルシャワと朝鮮半島をむすぶ、いのちの物語。 アジア唯一の国際ブッカー賞作家、新たな代表作。最注目の作家が描く破壊の記憶と、再生への祈り。 Source...

Eu tive um sonho", diz Yeonghye, e desse sonho de sangue e escuros bosques nasce uma recusa vista como radical: deixar de comer, cozinhar e servir carne. É o primeiro estágio de um desapego em três...

Gwangju, Sør-Korea, 1980. I etterdønningene av et studentopprør som ble slått brutalt ned, leter 14-årige Dong-ho etter vennen sin blant alle de drepte. Når han finner ham, vil han da være levende...

Shortlisted for the 2018 Man Booker International Prize From Booker Prize-winner and literary phenomenon Han Kang, a lyrical and disquieting exploration of personal grief, written through the prism of the color white While on a writer's residency, a nameless narrator wanders the twin white worlds...

»Han Kang zu lesen ist wie in einen Strudel aus Brutalität und Zärtlichkeit geworfen zu werden, aus dem man durchgeschüttelt, perplex und tief bewegt wieder auftaucht.« Doris Dörrie Ein Junge ist gestorben, und die Hinterbliebenen müssen weiterleben. Doch was ist ihnen ihr Leben noch wert? Han Kang...

July 4, 2016 After winning the Man Booker International Prize for The Vegetarian , Han has written a harrowing second novel that traces the long-term reverberations from South Korea’s 1980 Gwangju Uprising, in which government troops killed anywhere between 200 and 2,000 civilians in the chaos...

From the internationally bestselling author of THE VEGETARIAN, a "rare and astonishing" (The Observer) portrait of political unrest and the universal struggle for justice In the midst of a violent student uprising in South Korea, a young boy named Dong-ho is shockingly killed. The story of this...

韩国与中国同属汉字文化圈，在传统上有着密切的文字交流。而近现代历史的相关和相似，也让中韩分享着相近的现当代文学史进程，更深入的彼此关注与了解是可以期待的。近几年，韩国作家的作品在国际奖项上表现突出，而新一代韩国作家对都市生活和现代人心理的呈现，也可能让年轻的中国读者寻得共鸣。

Kim Young Ha, Han Kang, Shin Kyung Sook... không chỉ nức tiếng tại xứ sở kim chi mà còn khiến độc giả Việt Nam hâm mộ nồng nhiệt.

Mit ihrem preisgekrönten Roman «Die Vegetarierin» ist die koreanische Schriftstellerin Han Kang zu einem internationalen Star geworden. Der deutsche Verlag nutzt die Welle des Erfolgs und legt den frühen Roman «Deine kalten Hände» vor. Dieser gemahnt an die literarische Schule von E. T. A. Hoffmann.

Han Kang fekk sitt internasjonale gjennombrot ved tildelinga av Man Booker-prisen for den sublime romanen “Vegetarianeren” i 2016. Sidan er “Levende og døde” og “Hvit" omsett til norsk.

韓国／翻訳家・斎藤真理子が選ぶ、 今、読むべき現代韓国文学。 今、注目されている韓国文学。個人の小さな物語と社会の大きな物語が響き合い、ほかにない生命力を感じさせるところが魅力です。

This novel is haunting, violent, moving, and utterly compelling. It's told in three parts, around a young woman named Yeong-hye, who we never hear from other than some descriptions of her terrifying dreams which led her to become a vegetarian. But she is the central character, the fulcrum for...

“Though the ostensible reason for her not wanting Yeong-hye to be discharged, the reason that she gave the doctor, was this worry about a possible relapse, now she was able to admit to herself what had really been going on. She was no longer able to cope with all that her sister reminded her of...

Honestly, in this case, I'm much more interested in reading other people's reviews of the book rather than writing my own. I just feel like there are so many layers here, so many things that need to be discussed, so many unique interpretations, so many questions...

 

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The Vegetarian by Han Kang is a South Korean novel told in three parts. Kang is the daughter of novelist Han Seung-won. She has gone on to win the Yi Sang Literary Prize (2005), Today's Young Artist Award, and the Korean Literature Novel Award. As of summer 2013, Han teaches creative writing at...

The Vegetarian is a very cerebral novel. And yet, it's incredibly affecting. Han Kang is able to explore dark and twisted events--and characters--in a really engaging way...

 

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