Han Kang
Born
in Gwangju, Korea, Republic of
November 27, 1970
Genre
The Vegetarian
138 editions
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published
2007
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Human Acts
2 editions
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published
2014
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The White Book
51 editions
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published
2016
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Greek Lessons
by
29 editions
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published
2011
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Deine kalten Hände
by
5 editions
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published
2002
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Nie mówię żegnaj
by
16 editions
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expected publication
2025
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Convalescenza
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Europa (Yeoyu, #3)
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내 여자의 열매
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5 editions
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2000
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서랍에 저녁을 넣어 두었다
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“The feeling that she had never really lived in this world caught her by surprise. It was a fact. She had never lived. Even as a child, as far back as she could remember, she had done nothing but endure. She had believed in her own inherent goodness, her humanity, and lived accordingly, never causing anyone harm. Her devotion to doing things the right way had been unflagging, all her successes had depended on it, and she would have gone on like that indefinitely. She didn't understand why, but faced with those decaying buildings and straggling grasses, she was nothing but a child who had never lived.”
― The Vegetarian
― The Vegetarian
“Is it true that human beings are fundamentally cruel? Is the experience of cruelty the only thing we share as a species? Is the dignity that we cling to nothing but self-delusion, masking from ourselves the single truth: that each one of us is capable of being reduced to an insect, a ravening beast, a lump of meat? To be degraded, slaughtered - is this the essential of humankind, one which history has confirmed as inevitable?”
― Human Acts
― Human Acts
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