Posters for "The Vegetarian" and "Scars" are ... Two films based on the works of Nobel Prize-winning author Han Kang will receive special screening sections later this week, CJ CGV said Monday.

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

Han Kang became a celebrity last year when she won the Nobel Prize in literature. By contrast, Kyungha, the narrator of her new novel We Do Not Part, is a long way away from fame or fulfillment.

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 ...