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Light and thread

"What is love? It is the gold thread connecting between our hearts. When Han Kang was eight years old, she wrote a poem about the nature of love and the light it casts upon our lives. In 2023, while packing for a move, she rediscovered the poem in an old shoe box. The following year, after Han was a...

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Main Author: Han, Kang, 1970- (Author)
Other Authors: West, Maya (Translator), Yae Won, Emily (Translator), Morris, Paige Aniyah (Translator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Korean
Published: London ; New York : Hogarth, [2026]
Edition:First U.S. edition.
Subjects:
Humanity.
Korean literature > 21st century.
Essays.
Poetry.
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Summary:"What is love? It is the gold thread connecting between our hearts. When Han Kang was eight years old, she wrote a poem about the nature of love and the light it casts upon our lives. In 2023, while packing for a move, she rediscovered the poem in an old shoe box. The following year, after Han was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, she returned to her childhood poem as she prepared to deliver her Nobel Lecture in Stockholm. Han, one of the most searing voices of twenty-first-century literature, is a master at laying bare the essence of humanity. When awarding her the Nobel, the Swedish Academy cited "her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life." Light and Thread exemplifies how she makes sense of human cruelty by remembering the past through language and with love. Both an ethical treatise and a personal testimony, Light and Thread provides rich insight into Han's novels, as well as an illuminating path for us all to follow while confronting loss and the injuries of history"-- Provided by publisher.
Item Description:Title piece Light and thread was delivered as the 2024 Nobel Prize lecture in literature.
"This work was originally published in Korean as 빛과 실, or Bichgwa sil, by Munhak and Jisungsa Co., Ltd, Seoul, South Korea in 2025" --Title page verso.
Physical Description:161 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:9798217155033
Author Notes:Han Kang was born on November 27, 1970 in Gwangju, South Korea. She studied Korean literature at Yonsei University. She teaches creative writing at the Seoul Institute of the Arts. She is an author. Her novels in English include The Vegetarian and Convalescence. Her works published in Korea include A Convict's Love, Mongolian Mark, Fruits of My Woman, The Black Deer, Your Cold Hand, Breath Fighting, and Greek Lessons. She has received several awards including the Yi Sang Literary Prize, the Today's Young Artist Award, the Korean Literature Novel Award, and the 2016 Man Booker International Prize for The Vegetarian.

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