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 Han Kang's most revelatory book since The Vegetarian--and her first published in English since winning the Nobel Prize--We Do Not Part tells the story of a friendship between two women while powerfully reckoning with a hidden chapter in Korean history. "[A] masterpiece."--The Boston Globe
"A haunting exploration of friendship amid historical trauma."--Time
"A novel that is both disquieting and entrancing."--The Economist
One winter morning in Seoul, Kyungha receives an urgent message from her friend Inseon to visit her at the hospital. 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 darkness that awaits her at her friend's house.
Blurring the boundaries between dream and reality,
We Do Not Part powerfully brings 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 pain--and a celebration of life, however fragile it might be.
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Verlagsort
Produkt-Hinweis
Fadenheftung
Gewebe-Einband
Maße
Höhe: 214 mm
Breite: 149 mm
Dicke: 27 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-0-593-59545-9 (9780593595459)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Han Kang was born in 1970 in South Korea. She is the author of
The Vegetarian, winner of the International Booker Prize, as well as
Human Acts,
The White Book,
Greek Lessons, and
We Do Not Part. In 2024, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
e. yaewon is based in Korea and translates from and into Korean, including titles by Hwang Jungeun, Deborah Levy, and Samuel Beckett.
Paige Aniyah Morris divides her time between the United States and Korea. Recent translations include works by Pak Kyongni, Ji-min Lee, and Chang Kang-myoung.
