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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 Kang's literary range, from the domestic to the historical to the deeply personal.
About the Author
Han Kang was born in 1970 in Gwangju, South Korea, and moved to Seoul at the age of ten. She studied Korean literature at Yonsei University and made her literary debut as a poet in 1993 before publishing her first novel. She taught creative writing at the Seoul Institute of the Arts for over a decade. Han Kang won the International Booker Prize for The Vegetarian in 2016 and was awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature for her intense poetic prose confronting historical trauma and human fragility.
Why You'll Love This Collection
This set gathers four of Han Kang's most powerful, prize-winning works in one place, offering readers a complete introduction to a Nobel laureate whose piercing, poetic style has captivated critics and readers across the world.
Please Note: Books are supplied as the current UK edition covers shown, with individual ISBNs for each title. Cover artwork may vary slightly from images shown depending on print run.
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