From novels by James Baldwin and Han Kang to a guide to quantum physics – a former Booker prize judge recommends immersive one-sitting wonders
A one-sitting read is typically the domain of the short s…
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This month’s best paperbacks: David Szalay, Han Kang and more ⊕
Looking for a new reading recommendation? Here are some wonderful new paperbacks, from a Booker-winning tale of one man’s life to a gossipy account of the golden age of magazines
Continue reading...Light and Thread by Han Kang review – a tantalising book of reflections ⊕
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This prose work from the Nobel literature winner opens up her novels and offers beautiful imagery
When Korean novelist Han Kang won the Nobel prize in literature in 2024, the committee praised her “in…
7 months ago
Five of the best translated fiction of 2025 ⊕⊕
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The return of Nobel laureate Han Kang; film-making under the Nazis; stuck in a time loop; Scandinavian thrills; and essential stories from postwar Iraq
We Do Not Part
Han Kang, translated by e yaewon …
11 months ago
Next manuscript by Amitav Ghosh to be kept sealed for 89 years ○
The Indian author is the next Future Library writer, set to submit a secret work to be locked in a library until 2114
The next manuscript by Indian writer Amitav Ghosh will not be read for 89 years, a…
14 months ago
Han Kang Nobel prize lecture book sells 10,000 copies in first day online in South Korea ○
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Korean retailers report strong sales for Light and Thread, featuring speeches, essays and poems by novelist
A book featuring Han Kang’s Nobel prize lecture sold 10,000 copies in its first day on sale …
17 months ago
We Do Not Part by Han Kang review – a harrowing journey into South Korea’s bloody history ○
The Nobel prize-winner’s strange and unsettling new novel takes its protagonist on a mission that ends up confronting terrible pre-war violence
When Han Kang published her International Booker-winning…
‘I want to be hopeful’: Nobel prize-winning novelist Han Kang on the crisis in South Korea ○
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With protests on the streets of Seoul, the celebrated writer talks about the painful process of uncovering her country’s brutal past - and how it felt to win the Nobel prize
On 10 December last year, …
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