New York. Hogarth. 2019. 160 pages.
Han Kang’s The White Book is a meditation on grief using a study of white objects in the author’s life to spark memories of events she did—and did not—expe…
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New York. Grove Press. 288 pages. A 743-page manuscript by a writer with the pen name of Bandi (“Firefly” in Korean) was reputedly smuggled out of North Korea and into China in 2013. The English publi…
Rochester, New York. Open Letter. 2017. 320 pages. Korean author Bae Suah’s latest writing, although a collection of short stories, is equally as experimental, cutting-edge, and captivating as her nov…
Rochester, New York. Open Letter. 2016. 128 pages. A Greater Music is another addition to a growing body of literature that explores the idea that human sexuality is more pliable and fluid th…
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London. Portobello Books. 2016. 224 pages. Human Acts is a very different novel from The Vegetarian, Han Kang’s first novel recently published in English to numerous accolades, inclu…
New York. Hogarth. 2016. 192 pages. Han Kang’s The Vegetarian is a taut novel that tells the story of two sisters—Yeong-hye and In-hye—and their marriages. Told in three parts, each a novell…
