Η ΓιόνγκΧιε και ο σύζυγός της είναι δύο άνθρωποι του μέσου όρου. Εκείνος πηγαινοέρχεται δουλοπρεπώς στο γραφείο του, δεν διακατέχεται από καμία φιλοδοξία. Εκείνη δεν τη χαρακτηρίζει κανένα πάθος,...

國際曼布克文學獎得主 韓江 最新作品 再度入圍國際曼布克文學獎決選 英國《衛報》選為「今日之書」 　　白是嬰兒的臉，是還沒蒸過的半月糕，美得彷彿不存在於這世上。 　　白是遇害的幽靈將身軀投進白色燭芯的火焰。 　　白是某種費力想跟自己內在的某部分訣別的人。 　　白是老家夜晚一同傾瀉而下、映入眼簾的數千顆星星。 　　白是沉默凝結成最小且堅硬的物品。 　　白是舊的痛苦尚未完全癒合，新的痛苦尚未完全裂開...

Hin suður-kóreska Han Kang hlaut Man Booker-verðlaunin árið 2016 fyrir Grænmetisætuna sem farið hefur sannkallaða sigurför um heiminn. Yeong-Hye og eiginmaður hennar lifa afar venjulegu lífi. Hann...

From the winner of the Man Booker International Prize for The Vegetarian From the author of The Vegetarian and Human Acts comes a book like no other. The White Book is a meditation on colour,...

Bílá kniha je intimní meditací o barvě. Náladu uvozuje výčet bílých věcí: sůl, sníh, led, měsíc, rýže, vlny, magnólie... Zároveň jde o autobiograficky laděné rozjímání nad smrtí vypravěččiny sestry,...

»Die Vegetarierin ist ein Meisterwerk.« Julia Encke, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung Ein seltsam verstörendes, hypnotisierendes Buch über eine Frau, die laut ihrem Ehemann an Durchschnittlichkeit kaum zu übertreffen ist – bis sie eines Tages beschließt, kein Fleisch mehr zu essen. »Bevor...

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...

"Ein großer Roman über die Einsamkeit der menschlichen Existenz. Eines Tages verschwindet der Bildhauer Jang Unhyong beinahe spurlos. Er hinterlässt seine faszinierenden Gipsabdrücke von Händen und Körpern - und ein bewegendes Tagebuch, das seine lebenslange Suche nach Nähe und Wahrhaftigkeit in...

Ein großer Roman über die Einsamkeit der menschlichen Existenz. Eines Tages verschwindet der Bildhauer Jang Unhyong beinahe spurlos. Er hinterlässt seine faszinierenden Gipsabdrücke von Händen und Körpern – und ein bewegendes Tagebuch, das seine lebenslange Suche nach Nähe und Wahrhaftigkeit in...

"Bevor meine Frau zur Vegetarierin wurde, hielt ich sie für nichts Besonderes. Bei unserer ersten Begegnung fand ich sie nicht einmal attraktiv. Mittelgroß, ein Topfschnitt, irgendwo zwischen kurz und lang, gelbliche unreine Haut, Schlupflider und dominante Wangenknochen. So fühlte ich mich weder...

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...

V roce 2016 získala jihokorejská autorka International Booker Prize za román Vegetariánka, chválu sklidila i za znepokojivé vylíčení masakru ve městě Kwangdžu v knize Kde kvete tráva. I se třetí do češtiny přeloženou prózou, nazvanou Bílá kniha, potvrzuje Han Kang pověst osobité spisovatelky, která...

La Vegetariana: un titolo fuorviante. Non c’è niente qua che riguardi la scelta alimentare a cui noi siamo sempre più abituati, dovuta a motivi morali o di salute. Yeong-hye è una donna tranquilla che da un giorno all’altro, dopo un incubo tremendo, decide di eliminare completamente dalla sua vita...

Resistance, when led by the youth, is fiery and inspirational. Oppression by governments wearing the face of a state, stodgy and unmovable, can appear unbearable, but the power of student protests has a pristine quality, an energy and an urgency that remains undefeated – especially over time, and...

Toxic masculinity has become something of a buzz phrase, employed to describe and explain everything from poor dating etiquette to mass shootings and the abuses highlighted by the #MeToo movement. But, as with any buzzword, it is important to be clear in one’s definition.

2019年も時代を映した物語が日本で、海外で、数々生まれた。そこにあるのは物語でありながら私たちの現実でもある。年末年始に読んでおきたい20冊を、本読みのプロが厳選。時代が変わる前にチェック！ 『エル・ジャポン』2月号より。

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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