작별하지 않는다
[We Do Not Part]

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This is a novel by Han Kang, who was awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature for her intense and poetic prose that confronts historical trauma head-on and reveals the fragility of human life.

The novel “We Do Not Part” by Han Kang begins with a scene from a dream of the protagonist, Kyung-ha, who is a novelist.
In the dream, a snow-covered field stretches out before him, where thousands of black logs are planted on the ridgeline, resembling gravestones.
As he wonders if there had been a cemetery there, water suddenly rises under his feet, and he realizes he must move the bones before the graves are all swept away by the sea.
However, he wakes from the dream, unable to do anything.
Read Han Kang’s story about the events that took place on April 3, 1948, in Jeju, or about the profound love that sustains our lives.

This work is rich in literary expressions and delves deeply into complex emotions and inner states, making it a suitable book for foreign readers with an upper-intermediate to advanced level of Korean proficiency.

 

Basic Information

– ISBN : 9788954682152
– Author: by 한강 (Han Kang)
– Publisher: 문학동네 (MUNHAKDONGNE)
– Language: Korean
– Print Length 332 pages

 

Table of Contents

1부 새 [Part 1: Bird]

1 결정結晶 [Crystal]

2 실 [Thread]

3 폭설 [Snowstorm]

4 새 [Bird]

5 남은 빛 [Remaining Light]

6 나무 [Tree]

2부 밤 [Part 2: Night]

1 작별하지 않는다 [Do Not Say Goodbye]

2 그림자들 [Shadows]

3 바람 [Wind]

4 정적 [Silence]

5 낙하 [Fall]

6 바다 아래 [Under the Sea]

 

3부 불꽃 [Part 3: Flame]

작가의 말 [Author’s Note]