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Han Kang hands over book to remain unseen until 2114

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Article
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/may/28/han-kang-buries-new-manuscript-in-norwegian-forest-until-2114
Journal
The Guardian
Issued Date
May 28, 2019
Page
-
Language
English(English)
Country
UNITED KINGDOM
City
London
Book
-
Writer
Han Kang

About the Author

  • Han Kang
  • Birth : 1970 ~ -
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Kang
  • Family Name : Han
  • Korean Name : 한강
  • ISNI : 0000000054537103
  • Works : 160
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  • English(English)

Instead of launching her latest work in a bookshop surrounded by readers, the award-winning South Korean novelist Han Kang dragged a white cloth through a Norwegian forest before wrapping it around her manuscript, which she handed over to be locked away for 95 years.

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