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...

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,...

A partir de la redacción aparentemente banal de una lista de cosas blancas, Han Kang hace un conmovedor ejercicio de introspección, buscando el epicentro de su dolor existencial. En algunas culturas...

AUTOAREA BESTSELLERULUI VEGETARIANA Pe fundalul unui oraș european cu o istorie recentă zbuciumată, o naratoare nenumită se confruntă cu o tragedie care a urmărit-o peste continente, o poveste adânc...

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...

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...