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Light and Thread

Author
Co-Author
-
Translator
Maya West, e. yaewon, Paige Aniyah Morris
Publisher
Hogarth
Published Year
2026
Country
UNITED KINGDOM
Classification

KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Essay > 21st century

Original Title
빛과 실
Original Language

Korean(한국어)

Romanization of Original
Bitgwa sil
ISBN
9798217155033
Page
176
Volume
-
Han Kang
  • Han Kang
  • Birth : 1970 ~ -
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Kang
  • Family Name : Han
  • Korean Name : 한강
  • ISNI : 0000000054537103
  • Works : 217
No. Call No. Location Status Due Date Reservation
1 영어 813 한강 빛-Wes LTI Korea Library Not Available 2026-07-26 Place a hold
Published Year Publisher Country Vendor
2026 Random House Publishing Group UNITED KINGDOM Overdrive
Published Year Publisher Country Vendor
2026 Books on Tape UNITED KINGDOM Overdrive
Descriptions
  • English(English)

From Nobel Prize winner Han Kang comes her first work of nonfiction published in English—a singular collection of writings including her inspiring Nobel Lecture.

A LITERARY HUB AND ELECTRIC LIT MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR

In this light-filled and multi-faceted book, Han Kang draws together the threads of her work and life, tracing the connections between her interior and exterior worlds through a sequence of essays, poems, photographs, and diaries, brilliantly translated by Maya West and e. yaewon & Paige Aniyah Morris.

A book of reflections, of words and light, it has at its heart the tiny, north-facing courtyard garden at her home, cultivated solely through the reflected sunlight of the mirrors which she must move throughout the day, as the earth turns on its axis.

In a poem written at eight years old, Han Kang imagined a “gold thread” of connection—an idea which she explores here with luminous attention, beginning with her Nobel Lecture. She writes of the wonder of following the thread we call language into the depths of other hearts, and her profound sense of an electric current which joins writer and reader.

Both intimate and illuminating, Light and Thread is a book for all readers of Han Kang’s unique body of work.

Source: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/808114/light-and-thread-by-han-kang/