Han Kang's witness literature explores human violence and redemption, reflecting on dark chapters in South Korean history.

Kang’s novels offer an important lens for understanding Korean history and politics, and the grief and strength of the Korean people.

Lucie Fellwock discusses Nobel prize winner Han Kang’s 2021 novel We Do Not Part (작별하지 않는다), recently translated to English.

In March, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss “We Do Not Part,” the Nobel laureate Han Kang’s novel about history, tragedy and the work of remembering. By MJ Franklin MJ Franklin ...

There are hidden family stories, and tales of love and loss both real and imagined in this month's best books, as recommended by ABC Arts critics and readers.

Among the six works on the shortlist in 2016 was a short novel in three parts, by a 46-year-old poet and creative writing teacher from Korea named Han Kang. The Vegetarian tells the story of a young ...

Saito Mariko, received the Yomiuri Prize for Literature, announced the Literature Translation Institute of Korea on Thursday.

It’s daunting to review a novel written by someone who, in 2024, received the Nobel Prize in Literature. The prize was awarded for Han Kang’s “intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas ...

Though Han Kang’s previous novels have nothing to do with her latest, familiarity with her work makes the reader sensitive to the author’s sensibilities. When she was awarded the Nobel Prize ...

In Han Kang’s latest novel, a character saws off the tips of two of her fingers in a woodworking accident. Surgeons reattach them, but the treatment is gruesome and agonizing. Every three ...