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...

Inah has been having nightmares. Nightmares of fish bones, fractals, and a marriage that ended under some unnamed violence. Walking the night streets with a man she has known for years, whose...

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O Livro Branco é uma meditação sobre a cor, que começa com uma simples lista de coisas brancas: a neve, o sal, a espuma das ondas, o papel, o arroz, os cabelos dos velhos, as cobertas em que a mãe da...

李箱文学賞、マン・ブッカー国際賞受賞作家による珠玉の短篇集 痛みがあってこそ回復がある 大切な人の死や自らの病、家族との不和など、痛みを抱え絶望の淵でうずくまる人間が一筋の光を見出し、ふたたび静かに歩みだす姿を描く。 『菜食主義者』でアジア人初のマン・ブッカー国際賞を受賞し、『すべての、白いものたちの』も同賞の最終候補になった韓国の作家ハン・ガン。本書は、...

Yonqhe qarabasmalarla qarşılaşana qədər əriylə adi, sakit həyat yaşamaqdaydı. Lakin birdən-birə yuxularında peyda olan qanlı səhnələr düşüncələrini qıcıqlandıraraq onu özündən çıxarır. Yonqhe beynini...

”Levende og døde” er en fremragende roman. Som Han Kangs første og prisbelønnede ”Vegetaren” var det. Den er et poetisk, men skånselsløst portræt af en historisk begivenhed, der giver dønninger selv i dag, en bog, der tager os med ind i et univers, hvor uskyld og vold prøver at leve sammen. Og...

Der Künstler Unhyong stellt Gipsabdrücke von Frauenhänden her. Besonders haben es ihm die warmen, zierlichen Hände der schwergewichtigen L. angetan. Doch dann macht L. eine Radikaldiät und verwüstet sein Atelier. Ein früher Roman der Koreanerin Han Kang über die Dinge und ihre Hülle ist nun ins...

“The Vegetarian” and “Human Acts” introduced English-language readers to the explosive fiction of the South Korean writer Han Kang. Although her new novel, “The White Book,” occupies a somewhat quieter register, it too is formally daring, emotionally devastating and deeply political. Its relative...

From K-pop girl groups to the trend-setting runways of Seoul Fashion Week, South Korea has the world transfixed with their unique take on arts and culture. With more than 80 literary works set to be translated and published in 22 languages, Korean authors are now set to spark plenty of buzz in 2019...

"Quando certa manhã Yeonghye acordou de sonhos intranquilos, encontrou-se em sua cama metamorfoseada numa árvore. Yeonghye não é Gregor Samsa e a escritora sul-coreana Han Kang está longe de ser Kafka, mas não há como não lembrar de A metamorfose na leitura de A vegetariana, obra que rendeu a Kang...

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...

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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“She was no longer able to cope with all that her sister reminded her of. She'd been unable to forgive her for soaring alone over a boundary she herself could never bring herself to cross, unable to forgive that magnificent irresponsibility that had enabled Yeong-hye to shuck off social...