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Pub. Date
2016
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English
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WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE • “[Han] Kang viscerally explores the limits of what a human brain and body can endure, and the strange beauty that can be found in even the most extreme forms of renunciation.”—Entertainment Weekly
“Ferocious.”—The New York Times Book Review (Ten Best Books of the Year)
“Both terrifying and terrific.”—Lauren...
“Ferocious.”—The New York Times Book Review (Ten Best Books of the Year)
“Both terrifying and terrific.”—Lauren...
Author
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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From the internationally bestselling author of The Vegetarian, a “rare and astonishing” (The Observer) portrait of political unrest and the universal struggle for justice.
“Compulsively readable, universally relevant, and deeply resonant . . . in equal parts beautiful and urgent.”—The New York Times Book Review
Shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary...
“Compulsively readable, universally relevant, and deeply resonant . . . in equal parts beautiful and urgent.”—The New York Times Book Review
Shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary...
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Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A dazzling novel about the saving grace of language and human connection, from the “visionary” (New York Times Book Review) author of the International Booker Prize winner The Vegetarian
“Both a disquieting journey about the loss of sense and a return to the sensorium of touch and intimacy, Greek Lessons soars with sensuous and revelatory...
“Both a disquieting journey about the loss of sense and a return to the sensorium of touch and intimacy, Greek Lessons soars with sensuous and revelatory...
4) Weiß
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Deutsch
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"Ich glaube, dass dies die besten Worte für einen Abschied sind. Bitte stirb nicht. Lebe."
Während eines Aufenthalts in einer europäischen Stadt, die im weißen Winterschlaf liegt, überfällt die Erzählerin plötzlich die Erinnerung an ihre Schwester, die als Neugeborenes in den Armen der Mutter starb. Sie ringt mit dieser Tragödie, die das Leben ihrer Familie bestimmt hat, ein Ereignis, das in Bildern von Weiß wieder und wieder aufscheint:...
5) Menschenwerk
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Deutsch
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"Gwangju, Südkorea, 1980: Ein Junge
sucht nach der Leiche seines Freundes,
der bei einem gewaltsam niedergeschlagenen
Studentenaufstand gestorben
ist. Währenddessen schwebt eine
Seele über ihrem toten Körper und
berichtet, was sie sieht.
Jahrzehnte später: Eine Angestellte
erinnert sich, wie sie Teil der Protestbewegung
wurde und im Gefängnis
landete. Eine Mutter trauert noch immer
um ihren Sohn. Und die Autorin selbst
setzt alles daran, in...
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Deutsch
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"Griechischstunden" erzählt die Geschichte zweier gewöhnlicher Menschen, die sich in einem Moment privater Angst begegnen.
In einem Klassenzimmer in Seoul beobachtet eine junge Frau ihren Griechischlehrer. Sie versucht, zu sprechen, aber sie hat ihre Stimme verloren. Ihr Lehrer fühlt sich zu der stummen Frau hingezogen, denn er verliert von Tag zu Tag mehr von seinem Augenlicht. Bald entdecken die beiden, dass ein tiefer Schmerz sie verbindet....
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Deutsch
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"Ein großer Roman über die Einsamkeit der menschlichen Existenz.
Eines Tages verschwindet der Bildhauer Jang Unhyong beinahe spurlos. Er hinterlässt seine faszinierenden Gipsabdrücke von Händen und Körpern - und ein bewegendes Tagebuch, das seine lebenslange Suche nach Nähe und Wahrhaftigkeit in aller Welt voller Masken schildert.
"Han Kang erzählt zugleich mit großer Brutalität und großer Poesie - eine Mischung, die nur wenigen Schriftstellern...
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Publisher
Hogarth
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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"Before the nightmares began, Yeong-hye and her husband lived an ordinary, controlled life. But the dreams--invasive images of blood and brutality--torture her, driving Yeong-hye to purge her mind and renounce eating meat altogether. It's a small act of independence, but it interrupts her marriage and sets into motion an increasingly grotesque chain of events at home. As her husband, her brother-in-law, and her sister each fight to reassert their...
Author
Publisher
Hogarth
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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While on a writer's residency, a nameless narrator wanders the twin white worlds of the blank page and snowy Warsaw. THE WHITE BOOK becomes a meditation on the color white, as well as a fictional journey inspired by an older sister who died in her mother's arms, a few hours old. The narrator grapples with the tragedy that has haunted her family, an event she colors in stark white--breast milk, swaddling bands, the baby's rice cake-colored skin--and,...
Author
Publisher
Hogarth
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"In a classroom in Seoul, a young woman watches her Greek language teacher at the blackboard. She tries to speak but has lost her voice. Her teacher finds himself drawn to the silent woman, for day by day he is losing his sight. Soon the two discover a deeper pain binds them together. For her, in the space of just a few months, she has lost both her mother and the custody battle for her nine-year-old son. For him, it's the pain of growing up between...
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English
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Summary of Han Kang's The Vegetarian tells the story of Yeong-hye, an ordinary woman who decides to stop eating meat. The novel-part satire, part surreal drama, part horror story-provides accounts of Yeong-hye's vegetarianism and eventual anorexia nervosa from the perspectives of her domineering husband, lecherous brother-in-law, and concerned sister.
In part one, titled "The Vegetarian," Mr. Cheong tells the story of his "unremarkable" wife's breakdown....
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Summary of The Vegetarian by Han Kang | Includes Analysis Preview: Set in South Korea, The Vegetarian by Han Kang tells the story of Yeong-hye, an ordinary woman who decides to stop eating meat. The novel-part satire, part surreal drama, part horror story-provides accounts of Yeong-hye's vegetarianism and eventual anorexia nervosa from the perspectives of her domineering husband, lecherous brother-in-law, and concerned sister. In part one, titled...
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English
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Unlock the more straightforward side of The Vegetarian with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Vegetarian by Han Kang, which traces the dramatic consequences of Yeong-hye's decision to stop eating meat. Her husband and most of her family react with incomprehension and even violence, while her brother-in-law, a struggling video artist, finds himself increasingly drawn to her because...
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Korean
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Kim Ki-teak's family are all unemployed and living in a squalid basement. When his son gets a tutoring job at the lavish home of the Park family, the Kim family's luck changes. One by one they gradually infiltrate the wealthy Park's home, attempting to take over their affluent lifestyle.
20) Mourning Grave
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Language
Korean
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In-Soo has a special gift that allows him to see and speak with ghosts. Because he is deemed a freak for this, he changes schools and there befriends a ghost. As his relationship with her intensifies, students start to disappear one by one.