Han Kang

Despu s de La vegetariana, la novela in dita de la Premio Nobel Han Kang. Un thriller po tico y existencial «Una de las escritoras m s sublimes que pueblan el escenario contempor neo . - Berna Gonz lez Harbour, El Pa s «La literatura de Han Kang es un g nero en s mismo . - Eun-Gwi Chung, World Literature Today «Con unas pocas l neas atraviesa la experiencia humana en su totalidad . - Katie Kitamura Cuando Inju, una reconocida pintora, muere en un accidente de coche, su mejor amiga, Cheonghee, se niega a creer lo que un cr tico de arte afirma: que la artista se suicid . Cheonghee se embarcar en una investigaci n obsesiva que la llevar a desentra ar aspectos desconocidos de una biograf a cargada de fragilidad y desamparo. Pero la b squeda de la verdad, a ratos peligrosa, supondr remover su propia historia, hurgar en viejas heridas y padecer el v rtigo que produce el misterio de la existencia. Los sue os y los recuerdos, el arte y la astrof sica, la poes a y el suspense son algunos de los elementos que componen este peculiar y fascinante thriller que la Premio Nobel escribi despu s de La vegetariana. En Tinta y sangre, Han Kang profundiza en las mismas preguntas de su anterior novela «Si no podemos rechazar la vida y el mundo para huir de la violencia, y tampoco podemos convertirnos en plantas, c mo seguir adelante? . En este libro nos da la clave: debemos sobrevivir para dar testimonio de la verdad con nuestras vidas. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION 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.

What is love? It is the gold thread connecting between our hearts. In this light-filled and multi-faceted book, her first since being awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, 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. 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.

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE 2024Like a long winter’s dream, this haunting and visionary new novel from 2024 Nobel Prize winner Han Kang takes us on a journey from contemporary South Korea into its painful history‘One of the most profound and skilled writers working on the contemporary world stage’ Deborah LevyBeginning one morning in December, We Do Not Part traces the path of Kyungha as she travels from the city of Seoul into the forests of Jeju Island, to the home of her old friend Inseon. Hospitalized following an accident, Inseon has begged Kyungha to hasten there to feed her beloved pet bird, who will otherwise die.Kyungha takes the first plane to Jeju, but a snowstorm hits the island the moment she arrives, plunging her into a world of white. Beset by icy wind and snow squalls, she wonders if she will arrive in time to save the bird – or even survive the terrible cold which envelops her with every step. As night falls, she struggles her way to Inseon’s house, unaware as yet of the descent into darkness which awaits her.There, the long-buried story of Inseon’s family surges into light, in dreams and memories passed from mother to daughter, and in a painstakingly assembled archive documenting a terrible massacre on the island seventy years before.We Do Not Part is a hymn to friendship, a eulogy to the imagination and above all an indictment against forgetting.Translated by e. yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris‘A vital voice and a writer of extraordinary humanity. Her work is a gift to us all’ Max Porter‘A remarkable novelist who reflects our modern condition with courage, imagination, and keen intelligence’ Min Jin Lee

Nobelpristagare i litteratur 2024Efter de stora läsarframgångarna presenterar vi nu en annan sida av Han Kangs mångsidiga författarskap: novellformatet.Fyra berättelser innehåller hennes kanske mest kända novell Min kvinnas frukt från 1997. På ytan har den stora likheter med Vegetarianen (2007). Båda handlar om unga par i kyliga äktenskap vars tillvaro vänds upp och ner när kvinnan genomgår en förvandling från människa till växt. Men där romanen rymmer en rad tolkningsmöjligheter är novellen förvånansvärt konkret: kvinnan blir verkligen en växt, hon står i en kruka på balkongen och måste vattnas av sin alltmer desperata make, som har svårt att förstå den människa han delar sitt liv med.Det står en speciell sorts ensamhet kring flera av de gestalter som Han Kang skriver om och som rör sig i staden eller dess utkanter – det homogena lägenhetskomplexet – i ett hyperkapitalistiskt, starkt normerat koreanskt samhälle. Även Europa tematiserar en längtan efter förvandling och handlar om möjligheten till kommunikation och kontakt. I Tillfrisknande möter vi en kvinna vars fysiska smärta efter en misslyckad behandling av ett sår leder henne in i en annan smärta, den som väcktes av systerns död och deras komplicerade relation. Nio stycken samlar i korta fragment ihop flera av författarskapets trådar och bilder: här finns upptagenheten vid kroppens sinnen, som hörseln och rösten; ljuset som strålar från solen eller från natthimlens måne, de blå bergen som syns från staden och kärlek som kan bränna igenom en stark ensamhet.

PREMIO NOBEL DE LITERATURA 2024 La autora que ha cautivado a millones de lectores en el mundo con novelas como La vegetariana y La clase de griego nos sorprende y deslumbra tambi n como poeta. «Una de las escritoras m s sublimes que pueblan el escenario contempor neo . --Berna Gonz lez Harbour, El Pa s Premio Nobel de Literatura en 2024, Han Kang se revela en Guard el anochecer en el caj n como la gran poeta que alienta tras sus muy celebradas ficciones. El «anochecer , ese espacio ambiguo entre dos luces, se convierte en el escenario en el que una voz dolida e inteligente nos habla de la soledad, la enfermedad, el encuentro entre muertos y vivos, la fuerza fr gil de la palabra, la necesidad del arte. Sin conocer en detalle la an cdota que genera el poema, el lector ingresa sin embargo en un mbito de inmediata y poderosa intimidad que acaba haci ndole part cipe de una especial trascendencia cotidiana. Se trata de una poes a delicada, oscura, inquietante y tremendamente visceral, que pone el cuerpo y las emociones en su mismo centro. Como ha dicho la autora en The New Yorker, «el lenguaje es como una flecha que siempre falla el blanco por un margen estrecho y es tambi n algo que transmite emociones y sensaciones que producen dolor . ENGLISH DESCRIPTION NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE 2024 The author that has captivated millions of readers around the world with novels such as The Vegetarian and Greek Lessons surprises us and dazzles us as a poet as well. In I Put Away the Evening Inside a Drawer, Nobel Prize in Literature 2024 Han Kang reveals herself as a great poet that inspires after her most celebrated fictions. The "evening," that ambiguous space between two lights, becomes the backdrop of a wounded and intelligent voice that speaks of loneliness, disease, the meeting between the living and the dead, the fragile strength of words, a need for art. Without knowing the details of the anecdote that spurs the poem, the readers, however, enter a space of immediate and powerful intimacy that ends up making them participate in a special everyday transcendence. It is a delicate poetry, dark, unsettling, and tremendously visceral, that puts body and emotions at its very heart. As the author told The New Yorker, "Language is like an arrow that always misses its mark by a narrow margin, and it is also something that conveys emotions and sensations that produce pain."

Ny udgave med nyt omslag. På et skriveophold i Warszawa rejser fortælleren gennem et univers af hvide ting, som samtidig bliver en rejse gennem sorgen over en tabt søster. Byens og naturens hvidhed – sneen, saltet, månen, en hvid fugl – åbner døren til en privat sorg, der forbindes med hvide svøb, klæder og modermælk. Listen over hvide ting bliver en central del af sorg- og mindearbejdet i denne lille poetiske perle om tomrummet efter en ukendt søster.

PREMIO NOBEL DE LITERATURA 2024 «Hay que leer la tremenda Actos humanos ...] Una mirada casi imperturbable hacia el horror, la sangre y la crueldad desplegada institucionalmente . Elena Hevia, El Peri dico Mayo de 1980. La ciudad de Gwangju se moviliza contra la dictadura militar de Chun Doo-hwan, que hace unos meses tom el poder en Corea del Sur. La oposici n civil, liderada por los estudiantes universitarios, se subleva a favor de la democracia, pero el ej rcito reprime cruelmente las protestas disparando indiscriminadamente a la multitud, sin hacer distinciones entre estudiantes y civiles. Tras la sanguinaria matanza, un joven busca el cad ver de un amigo, un alma intenta aferrarse a su cuerpo abandonado y a sus recuerdos, y un pa s brutalizado busca su voz. En esta novela polif nica, las v ctimas y los supervivientes que los lloran se enfrentan a la censura, a la negaci n, al perd n, a la culpa y a la memoria de un episodio traum tico que sigue resonando en nuestros d as. Han Kang, galardonada con el premio Nobel de Literatura «por su intensa prosa po tica que confronta los traumas hist ricos y expone la fragilidad de la vida humana , homenajea a las v ctimas de la masacre de su ciudad natal a trav s de las voces de los m rtires de la dictadura surcoreana. Actos humanos es una novela brutal, profundamente atemporal y universal que nos habla de las heridas colectivas, la represi n y la violencia humana. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION FROM HAN KANG, WINNER OF THE 2024 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE " Han Kang's] intense poetic prose . . . confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life."--The Nobel Committee for Literature, in the citation for the Nobel Prize The internationally bestselling author of The Vegetarian presents a "rare and astonishing" (The Observer) portrait of political unrest and the universal struggle for justice. "Compulsively readable, universally relevant, and deeply resonant . . . in equal parts beautiful and urgent."--The New York Times Book Review Shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award - One of the Best Books of the Year: The Atlantic, San Francisco Chronicle, NPR, HuffPost, Medium, Library Journal Amid a violent student uprising in South Korea, a young boy named Dong-ho is shockingly killed. The story of this tragic episode unfolds in a sequence of interconnected chapters as the victims and the bereaved encounter suppression, denial, and the echoing agony of the massacre. From Dong-ho's best friend who meets his own fateful end; to an editor struggling against censorship; to a prisoner and a factory worker, each suffering from traumatic memories; and to Dong-ho's own grief-stricken mother; and through their collective heartbreak and acts of hope is the tale of a brutalized people in search of a voice. An award-winning, controversial bestseller, Human Acts is a timeless, pointillist portrait of an historic event with reverberations still being felt today, by turns tracing the harsh reality of oppression and the resounding, extraordinary poetry of humanity.

FROM HAN KANG, WINNER OF THE 2024 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE " Han Kang writes in] intense poetic prose that . . . exposes the fragility of human life."--from the Nobel Prize citation SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE - A "formally daring, emotionally devastating, and deeply political" (The New York Times Book Review) exploration of personal grief through the prism of the color white, from the internationally bestselling author of The Vegetarian "Stunningly beautiful. . . one of the smartest reflections on what it means to remember those we've lost."--NPR Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize, Han Kang's The White Book is a meditation on color, as well as an attempt to make sense of her older sister's death, who died in her mother's arms just a few hours after she was born. In captivating, starkly beautiful language, The White Book is a letter from Kang to her sister, offering a multilayered exploration of color and its absence, and of the tenacity and fragility of the human spirit.

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE 2024Like a long winter’s dream, this haunting and visionary new novel from 2024 Nobel Prize winner Han Kang takes us on a journey from contemporary South Korea into its painful history‘One of the most profound and skilled writers working on the contemporary world stage’ Deborah LevyBeginning one morning in December, We Do Not Part traces the path of Kyungha as she travels from the city of Seoul into the forests of Jeju Island, to the home of her old friend Inseon. Hospitalized following an accident, Inseon has begged Kyungha to hasten there to feed her beloved pet bird, who will otherwise die.Kyungha takes the first plane to Jeju, but a snowstorm hits the island the moment she arrives, plunging her into a world of white. Beset by icy wind and snow squalls, she wonders if she will arrive in time to save the bird – or even survive the terrible cold which envelops her with every step. As night falls, she struggles her way to Inseon’s house, unaware as yet of the descent into darkness which awaits her.There, the long-buried story of Inseon’s family surges into light, in dreams and memories passed from mother to daughter, and in a painstakingly assembled archive documenting a terrible massacre on the island seventy years before.We Do Not Part is a hymn to friendship, a eulogy to the imagination and above all an indictment against forgetting.Translated by e. yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris‘A vital voice and a writer of extraordinary humanity. Her work is a gift to us all’ Max Porter‘A remarkable novelist who reflects our modern condition with courage, imagination, and keen intelligence’ Min Jin Lee

LA NUEVA NOVELA DE HAN KANG PREMIO NOBEL DE LITERATURA 2024 PREMIO M DICIS TRANGER 2023 «Una novela inquietantemente bella sobre la imposibilidad de despertar de la pesadilla hist rica. Inolvidable . -Hern n D az Una g lida ma ana de finales de diciembre, Gyeongha recibe un inesperado mensaje de su amiga Inseon: despu s de sufrir un accidente en su taller de carpinter a en la isla de Jeju, ha sido trasladada de urgencia a un hospital de Se l. Desde la cama, Inseon le ruega que tome el primer vuelo a la isla y se ocupe de su peque a cotorra antes de que se le acaben el agua y la comida. Pero, desafortunadamente, cuando Gyeongha llega a Jeju se desata una terrible tormenta de nieve. Llegar a tiempo para salvar al p jaro antes de que caiga la noche?, sobrevivir al viento helado que la envuelve a cada paso? Lo que ni siquiera sospecha es que algo m s oscuro la espera en casa de su amiga. All , la historia enterrada de la familia de Inseon est a punto de salir a la luz a trav s de los sue os y los recuerdos transmitidos de madre a hija y de un archivo cuidadosamente compilado que documenta una de las peores masacres de la historia de Corea. Imposible decir adi s, la novela m s reciente de la premio Nobel y galardonada con el M dicis tranger, es un himno a la amistad y un canto a la imaginaci n, pero sobre todo una poderosa denuncia contra el olvido. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION THE NEW NOVEL FROM HAN KANG, WINNER OF THE 2024 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE " Han Kang's] intense poetic prose . . . confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life."--The Nobel Committee for Literature, in the citation for the Nobel Prize "Unforgettable."--Hernan Diaz Han Kang's most revelatory book since The Vegetarian, We Do Not Part tells the story of a friendship between two women while powerfully reckoning with a hidden chapter of Korean history. One winter morning, Kyungha receives an urgent message from her friend Inseon to visit her at a hospital in Seoul. Inseon has injured herself in an accident, and she begs Kyungha to return to Jeju Island, where she lives, to save her beloved pet--a white bird called Ama. A snowstorm hits the island when Kyungha arrives. She must reach Inseon's house at all costs, but the icy wind and squalls slow her down as night begins to fall. She wonders if she will arrive in time to save the animal--or even survive the terrible cold that envelops her with every step. Lost in a world of snow, she doesn't yet suspect the vertiginous plunge into the darkness that awaits her at her friend's house. Blurring the boundaries between dream and reality, We Do Not Part powerfully illuminates a forgotten chapter in Korean history, buried for decades--bringing to light the lost voices of the past to save them from oblivion. Both a hymn to an enduring friendship and an argument for remembering, it is the story of profound love in the face of unspeakable violence--and a celebration of life, however fragile it might be.

Vi tager ikke afsked er Han Kangs seneste bog og et hovedværk i forfatterskabet. En virtuos og håbefuld roman om venskab og et glemt kapitel af Koreas moderne historie fra modtageren af Nobelprisen i litteratur 2024.En vintermorgen bliver forfatteren Gyeongha kontaktet af sin veninde Inseon fra et hospital i Seoul. Hun er kommet til skade i en arbejds­ulykke og beder indtrængende Gyeongha om at rejse til hendes hjem-ø Jeju. Forhåbentlig kan hun nå at redde Inseons kæledyr, fuglen Ama, som vil dø uden mad og vand.Da Gyeongha ankommer til øen, begynder det at sne voldsomt. Vejen til venindens afsidesliggende hus er næsten umulig at finde, men snestormen bliver en portal til en anden verden mellem drøm og virkelighed. For på Jeju venter også Inseons smertefulde familiehistorie, som er tæt forbundet med et voldeligt og længe fortrængt kapitel af koreansk historie.Vi tager ikke afsked er en roman om venskab og om at insistere på at huske.

Human Acts följer efterdyningarna av Dong-hos död i en studentupproret, och berättar historierna om de som påverkats av hans förlust, inklusive hans bästa vän, mamma och andra, medan de kämpar med trauma och kampen för rättvisa.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - THE NEW NOVEL FROM HAN KANG, WINNER OF THE 2024 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE " Han Kang's] intense poetic prose . . . confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life."--The Nobel Committee for Literature, in the citation for the Nobel Prize " A] masterpiece."--The Boston Globe"A novel that is both disquieting and entrancing."--The Economist A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW BOOK CLUB SELECTION - A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR (SO FAR): The New York Times, Vulture, The Economist Han Kang's most revelatory book since The Vegetarian, We Do Not Part tells the story of a friendship between two women while powerfully reckoning with a hidden chapter in Korean history. One winter morning, Kyungha receives an urgent message from her friend Inseon to visit her at a hospital in Seoul. Inseon has injured herself in an accident, and she begs Kyungha to return to Jeju Island, where she lives, to save her beloved pet--a white bird called Ama. A snowstorm hits the island when Kyungha arrives. She must reach Inseon's house at all costs, but the icy wind and squalls slow her down as night begins to fall. She wonders if she will arrive in time to save the animal--or even survive the terrible cold that envelops her with every step. Lost in a world of snow, she doesn't yet suspect the vertiginous plunge into the darkness that awaits her at her friend's house. Blurring the boundaries between dream and reality, We Do Not Part powerfully illuminates a forgotten chapter in Korean history, buried for decades--bringing to light the lost voices of the past to save them from oblivion. Both a hymn to an enduring friendship and an argument for remembering, it is the story of profound love in the face of unspeakable violence--and a celebration of life, however fragile it might be.

The White Book följer en namnlös berättare på ett författarresidens där hon kanaliserar sin sorg genom färgen vitt. Hon utforskar familjens tragedi, särskilt sin systers död, och använder vitt för att förstå sin smärta. Genom poetiska berättelser reflekterar hon över livets förgänglighet och hur sorg formar vår uppfattning om världen.

VEGETAREN er en moderne klassiker om begær, magt og modstand af den sydkoreanske Nobelprismodtager i litteratur, Han Kang. Yeong-hye og hendes mand lever i et traditionelt ægteskab i Sydkorea. Han arbejder på kontor, hun er en pligtopfyldende og diskret hustru, som er god til at lave mad. Men det ændrer sig alt sammen, da Yeonghye har en særlig drøm, der får hende til at tage en drastisk beslutning: Hun vil være vegetar. Yeong-hyes familie kan ikke acceptere hendes nye livsstil, som de synes er aparte og skamfuld. Det sætter gang i en spiral af tvang, begær og vold, som også involverer hendes svoger, der er falleret videokunstner, og hendes hårdtarbejdende søster. Men Yeong-hyes forvandling stopper ikke her. VEGETAREN er en mørk og åndeløst smuk fortælling om begær, magt og modstand. Han Kang modtog Den Internationale Bookerpris for romanen, der betragtes som en moderne klassiker, og er kåret til en af det 21. århundredes 100 bedste bøger af New York Times.