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cbabe

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Fri Oct 11, 2024, 11:24 AM Oct 11

Han Kang's books sell out as South Korea celebrates her Nobel prize in literature

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/oct/11/stocks-of-han-kangs-books-sell-out-after-nobel-prize-win

Han Kang’s books sell out as South Korea celebrates her Nobel prize in literature

Nine of the Top 10 bestsellers in Korea’s largest bookstore chain are works by Han with her win being honoured by politicians, authors, readers and the entire country

Ella Creamer
Fri 11 Oct 2024 11.19 EDT

Queues of customers spilled out of South Korea’s bookshops yesterday and online stores crashed as readers tried to get their hands on the work of the new Nobel prize winner, Han Kang.

The country’s largest book chain, Kyobo Book Centre, said sales of Han’s books boomed on Friday, with stocks selling out almost straight away, reported Reuters.

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(Anyone read her books? Recommended titles? Thoughts?)
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Han Kang's books sell out as South Korea celebrates her Nobel prize in literature (Original Post) cbabe Oct 11 OP
I have not read this author, but a friend was reading "The Vegetarian" in summer. Is this honor more txwhitedove Oct 11 #1

txwhitedove

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1. I have not read this author, but a friend was reading "The Vegetarian" in summer. Is this honor more
Fri Oct 11, 2024, 11:40 AM
Oct 11

for her body of work? The Nobel Prize in Literature 2024 was awarded to Han Kang "for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life

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