Fiction
Mixed format
Titles in this set we do not part the vegetarian human acts the white book details condition: new format: mixed format hardback & paperback publisher: hamish hamilton granta books portobello books genre: literary fiction contemporary fiction translated korean literature overview this han kang collection brings together four landmark works from the 2024 nobel prize in literature winner: we do not part, the vegetarian, human acts, and the white book. Spanning intimate family grief, political trauma, and quiet psychological rebellion, these novels showcase han kang's spare, poetic prose and her unflinching engagement with memory, the body, and korean history. A must-own set for literary fiction readers and collectors of award-winning international writing. About the books we do not part follows kyungha's journey from seoul to jeju island through a snowstorm to save her friend inseon's pet bird, uncovering a buried island massacre. The vegetarian, winner of the international booker prize 2016, tells of yeong-hye, an ordinary wife whose decision to stop eating meat becomes an act of quiet, devastating rebellion. Human acts is set during the 1980 gwangju uprising, tracing a young boy's death through an editor, a prisoner, a factory worker, and a grieving mother. The white book is a lyrical meditation on a list of white things, an elegy for the author's sister who died hours after birth, exploring mourning and rebirth. Together these four books trace han k...
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