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Han Kang’s novels reflect human nature across what she described—in an interview with BookPage about The Vegetarian—as “a spectrum that stretches from holiness to horror.” Han was awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature for the fierceness with which she “confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.” Her abilities are at their most undeniable and radiant in We Do Not Part, which tells the story of an author haunted by having written a book about the 1980 massacre in Gwangju, Korea, who braves an overpowering snowstorm to do a favor for her friend.

Han Kang’s novels reflect human nature across what she described—in an interview with BookPage about The Vegetarian—as “a spectrum that stretches from holiness to horror.” Han was awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature for the fierceness with which she “confronts historical traumas and…

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