The Nobel laureate’s new novel “We Do Not Part” grapples with an atrocity and the difficulties of bearing witness. A woman is walking along a cold seaside plain lined with thousands of black tree ...

Han Kang's new book "We Do Not Part" is out now. (Author photo courtesy Paik Duhim; book cover courtesy Penguin Random House/Hogarth) Last year, novelist Han Kang became the first Korean writer to be ...

Han Kang is a private person. When she won last year’s Nobel Prize for literature, it was widely reported in the South Korean press that she was married to the literary critic Hong Yong-hee. They have ...

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In March, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss “We Do Not Part,” the Nobel laureate Han Kang’s novel about history, tragedy and the work of remembering. By MJ Franklin MJ Franklin is an ...

The Nobel laureate’s new novel, “We Do Not Part,” revisits a violent chapter in South Korean history. By Lydia Millet Lydia Millet is the author, most recently, of the novel “Dinosaurs” and the memoir ...

In a 2024 speech accepting the Nobel Prize for Literature, South Korean author Han Kang confessed that “I had long lost a sense of deep-rooted trust in humans.” She wondered: “How then could I embrace ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Nobel-Prize winning author Han Kang about her latest novel, "We Do Not Part." The inspiration for Nobel Prize-winning author Han Kang's new novel came to her in a dream.

Distinguished Professor of Creative Practice, Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra It’s daunting to review a novel written by someone who, in 2024, received the Nobel Prize in Literature ...