Han Kang — 作者 (22)
The Vegetarian [图书] 豆瓣 Goodreads
채식주의자
Before the nightmare, Yeong-hye and her husband lived an ordinary life. But when splintering, blood-soaked images start haunting her thoughts, Yeong-hye decides to purge her mind and renounce eating meat. In a country where societal mores are strictly obeyed, Yeong-hye's decision to embrace a more “plant-like” existence is a shocking act of subversion. And as her passive rebellion manifests in ever more extreme and frightening forms, scandal, abuse, and estrangement begin to send Yeong-hye spiraling deep into the spaces of her fantasy. In a complete metamorphosis of both mind and body, her now dangerous endeavor will take Yeong-hye—impossibly, ecstatically, tragically—far from her once-known self altogether.
A disturbing, yet beautifully composed narrative told in three parts, The Vegetarian is an allegorical novel about modern day South Korea, but also a story of obsession, choice, and our faltering attempts to understand others, from one imprisoned body to another.
A disturbing, yet beautifully composed narrative told in three parts, The Vegetarian is an allegorical novel about modern day South Korea, but also a story of obsession, choice, and our faltering attempts to understand others, from one imprisoned body to another.
The Vegetarian [图书] 豆瓣 Goodreads
채식주의자
Yeong-hye and her husband are ordinary people. He is an office worker with moderate ambitions and mild manners; she is an uninspired but dutiful wife. The acceptable flatline of their marriage is interrupted when Yeong-hye, seeking a more ‘plant-like’ existence, commits a shocking act of subversion. As her rebellion manifests in ever more bizarre and frightening forms, Yeong-hye spirals further and further into her fantasies of abandoning her fleshly prison and becoming – impossibly, ecstatically – a tree. Fraught, disturbing, and beautiful, The Vegetarian is a novel about modern day South Korea, but also a novel about shame, desire, and our faltering attempts to understand others, from one imprisoned body to another.
Human Acts [图书] 豆瓣
Gwangju, South Korea, 1980. In the wake of a viciously suppressed student uprising, a boy searches for his friend's corpse, a consciousness searches for its abandoned body, and a brutalised country searches for a voice. In a sequence of interconnected chapters the victims and the bereaved encounter censorship, denial, forgiveness and the echoing agony of the original trauma. Human Acts is a universal book, utterly modern and profoundly timeless. Already a controversial bestseller and award-winning book in Korea, it confirms Han Kang as a writer of immense importance.
The White Book [图书] 谷歌图书
Shortlisted for the 2018 Man Booker International Prize
From Booker Prize-winner and literary phenomenon Han Kang, a lyrical and disquieting exploration of personal grief, written through the prism of the color white
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, from here, visits all that glows in her memory: from a white dog to sugar cubes.
As the writer reckons with the enormity of her sister's death, Han Kang's trademark frank and chilling prose is softened by retrospection, introspection, and a deep sense of resilience and love. THE WHITE BOOK--ultimately a letter from Kang to her sister--offers powerful philosophy and personal psychology on the tenacity and fragility of the human spirit, and our attempts to graft new life from the ashes of destruction.
From Booker Prize-winner and literary phenomenon Han Kang, a lyrical and disquieting exploration of personal grief, written through the prism of the color white
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, from here, visits all that glows in her memory: from a white dog to sugar cubes.
As the writer reckons with the enormity of her sister's death, Han Kang's trademark frank and chilling prose is softened by retrospection, introspection, and a deep sense of resilience and love. THE WHITE BOOK--ultimately a letter from Kang to her sister--offers powerful philosophy and personal psychology on the tenacity and fragility of the human spirit, and our attempts to graft new life from the ashes of destruction.
The White Book [图书] 谷歌图书
Shortlisted for the Man Booker International 2018
From the author of The Vegetarian, winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2016
From the author of The Vegetarian and Human Acts comes a book like no other. The White Book is a meditation on colour, beginning with a list of white things. It is a book about mourning, rebirth and the tenacity of the human spirit. It is a stunning investigation of the fragility, beauty and strangeness of life.
Translated from the Korean by Deborah Smith.
From the author of The Vegetarian, winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2016
From the author of The Vegetarian and Human Acts comes a book like no other. The White Book is a meditation on colour, beginning with a list of white things. It is a book about mourning, rebirth and the tenacity of the human spirit. It is a stunning investigation of the fragility, beauty and strangeness of life.
Translated from the Korean by Deborah Smith.
The White Book [图书] 豆瓣
The White Book [图书] 豆瓣
Shortlisted for the Man Booker International 2018
From the author of The Vegetarian, winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2016
From the author of The Vegetarian and Human Acts comes a book like no other. The White Book is a meditation on colour, beginning with a list of white things. It is a book about mourning, rebirth and the tenacity of the human spirit. It is a stunning investigation of the fragility, beauty and strangeness of life.
Translated from the Korean by Deborah Smith.
From the author of The Vegetarian, winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2016
From the author of The Vegetarian and Human Acts comes a book like no other. The White Book is a meditation on colour, beginning with a list of white things. It is a book about mourning, rebirth and the tenacity of the human spirit. It is a stunning investigation of the fragility, beauty and strangeness of life.
Translated from the Korean by Deborah Smith.
Human Acts [图书] 谷歌图书
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 Award • One of the Best Books of the Year: The Atlantic, San Francisco Chronicle, NPR, HuffPost, Medium, Library Journal
Amid a violent student uprising in South Korea, a young boy named Dong-ho is shockingly killed.
The story of this tragic episode unfolds in a sequence of interconnected chapters as the victims and the bereaved encounter suppression, denial, and the echoing agony of the massacre. From Dong-ho’s best friend who meets his own fateful end; to an editor struggling against censorship; to a prisoner and a factory worker, each suffering from traumatic memories; and to Dong-ho's own grief-stricken mother; and through their collective heartbreak and acts of hope is the tale of a brutalized people in search of a voice.
An award-winning, controversial bestseller, Human Acts is a timeless, pointillist portrait of an historic event with reverberations still being felt today, by turns tracing the harsh reality of oppression and the resounding, extraordinary poetry of humanity.
“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 Award • One of the Best Books of the Year: The Atlantic, San Francisco Chronicle, NPR, HuffPost, Medium, Library Journal
Amid a violent student uprising in South Korea, a young boy named Dong-ho is shockingly killed.
The story of this tragic episode unfolds in a sequence of interconnected chapters as the victims and the bereaved encounter suppression, denial, and the echoing agony of the massacre. From Dong-ho’s best friend who meets his own fateful end; to an editor struggling against censorship; to a prisoner and a factory worker, each suffering from traumatic memories; and to Dong-ho's own grief-stricken mother; and through their collective heartbreak and acts of hope is the tale of a brutalized people in search of a voice.
An award-winning, controversial bestseller, Human Acts is a timeless, pointillist portrait of an historic event with reverberations still being felt today, by turns tracing the harsh reality of oppression and the resounding, extraordinary poetry of humanity.
Greek Lessons [图书] 谷歌图书 Goodreads 豆瓣
희랍어 시간
作者:
Han Kang
译者:
Deborah Smith
/
Emily Yae Won
publishing house:
Random House Publishing Group
2023
- 04
其它标题:
Greek Lessons
A powerful novel of the saving grace of language and human connection, from the celebrated author of International Booker Prize winner The Vegetarian.
"Now and then, language would thrust its way into her sleep like a skewer through meat, startling her awake several times a night..."
In a classroom in Seoul, a young woman watches her Greek teacher at the blackboard. She tries to speak but can't. Accustomed to her silence, the teacher is sympathetic—day by day he is losing his eyesight. But beyond their losses, a deeper pain binds them. 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 Korea and Germany, being torn between two cultures and languages.
Greek Lessons tells the stories of two ordinary people, their lives heightened by private anguish—where the light of a man losing his vision meets the silence of a woman who has lost her language. Yet these are the very things that draw them to one another. Slowly the two slowly find one another through a sense of connection—their voices intersecting with startling beauty, as they move from darkness to light, from silence to breath.
Greek Lessons is a book to awaken the senses, one that vividly conjures the essence of what it means to be alive, and a remarkable love letter to human contact and tenderness.
"Now and then, language would thrust its way into her sleep like a skewer through meat, startling her awake several times a night..."
In a classroom in Seoul, a young woman watches her Greek teacher at the blackboard. She tries to speak but can't. Accustomed to her silence, the teacher is sympathetic—day by day he is losing his eyesight. But beyond their losses, a deeper pain binds them. 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 Korea and Germany, being torn between two cultures and languages.
Greek Lessons tells the stories of two ordinary people, their lives heightened by private anguish—where the light of a man losing his vision meets the silence of a woman who has lost her language. Yet these are the very things that draw them to one another. Slowly the two slowly find one another through a sense of connection—their voices intersecting with startling beauty, as they move from darkness to light, from silence to breath.
Greek Lessons is a book to awaken the senses, one that vividly conjures the essence of what it means to be alive, and a remarkable love letter to human contact and tenderness.
Greek Lessons [图书] 谷歌图书
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 insight.”—Cathy Park Hong, author of Minor Feelings
A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker, Time, Chicago Public Library, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal
"Now and then, language would thrust its way into her sleep like a skewer through meat, startling her awake several times a night."
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 Korea and Germany, being torn between two cultures and languages, and the fear of losing his independence.
Greek Lessons tells the story of two ordinary people brought together at a moment of private anguish—the fading light of a man losing his vision meeting the silence of a woman who has lost her language. Yet these are the very things that draw them to each other. Slowly the two discover a profound sense of unity—their voices intersecting with startling beauty, as they move from darkness to light, from silence to breath and expression.
Greek Lessons is the story of the unlikely bond between this pair and a tender love letter to human intimacy and connection—a novel to awaken the senses, one that vividly conjures the essence of what it means to be alive.
“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 insight.”—Cathy Park Hong, author of Minor Feelings
A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker, Time, Chicago Public Library, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal
"Now and then, language would thrust its way into her sleep like a skewer through meat, startling her awake several times a night."
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 Korea and Germany, being torn between two cultures and languages, and the fear of losing his independence.
Greek Lessons tells the story of two ordinary people brought together at a moment of private anguish—the fading light of a man losing his vision meeting the silence of a woman who has lost her language. Yet these are the very things that draw them to each other. Slowly the two discover a profound sense of unity—their voices intersecting with startling beauty, as they move from darkness to light, from silence to breath and expression.
Greek Lessons is the story of the unlikely bond between this pair and a tender love letter to human intimacy and connection—a novel to awaken the senses, one that vividly conjures the essence of what it means to be alive.
素食者 [图书] 博客來 Goodreads 豆瓣
채식주의자
管他世界的壓迫與否定，她找到了唯一的出路：成為一株植物。
「我的身體需要澆水。」她的身上冒出枝葉，手上長出樹根……
唯有融入土壤，她才能萌芽重生。
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榮獲國際曼布克獎x韓江
亞洲第一位獲獎作家 探索人類內心壓抑的瘋狂與傷痕之作
◎2023年全新完整翻譯，全新封面設計，新增知名文學評論家許允溍專文導讀
◎美國獨立書商協會排行榜、倫敦標準晚報暢銷文學小說榜
◎韓國小說文學獎、今日青年藝術家獎、李箱文學獎、東里文學獎、萬海文學獎得主
◎小說改編同名電影入圍2010年日舞影展世界劇情片
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我再也沒辦法忍受肉的味道。
只有植物能讓我平靜，讓我渴望。
就這樣倒立著，變成一棵樹吧……
在開始不斷做著充滿殺戮和鮮血的噩夢之前，英惠只是個生活平凡至極的家庭主婦，無數失眠的夜晚和夢中恐怖的景象令她飽受折磨，有一天，她突然無法再吃肉、無法忍受肉的味道，成為了一名「素食者」，這個小小的舉動不但讓她的婚姻陷入危機，並且成為一連串失控之舉的開端。
英惠的姐夫是個藝術攝影師，正陷入創作的低潮。他從妻子那裡聽說小姨子英惠的臀部至今還留著胎記，突然產生了久違的靈感，身上彩繪著花朵的全裸男女交合的場景，從此鐫刻在他腦海裡。他想要在英惠的裸體上作畫，並拍攝成影片。英惠成為姐夫的模特兒之後，身上的花朵彩繪竟然讓她不再受到夢魘困擾，也重新燃起她的肉體慾望……
因為小時候一同活在被性情暴躁的父親家暴的陰影下，仁惠把照顧妹妹英惠當成這輩子的責任。然而，她內心其實痛恨著住在精神病院逐漸走向瘋狂世界、把一切丟給她的妹妹。看似開朗穩重的仁惠，也曾有過對生活萌生倦怠和絕望，拋下稚子尋死的舉動。痛苦而壓抑的她，是否能帶著掙扎在噩夢邊緣的英惠，踏上自我救贖新的旅程？
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《素食者》由三個章節構成，每章分別以不同的視角刻畫行為日趨極端的素食者英惠。在她斷絕食物的過程中，融合了關於暴力、美、欲望、罪和救贖的疑問。書中出現多種意象：絢麗的盛開花朵、直挺的陰鬱樹木、花瓣大小的藍綠色胎記、血淋淋的垂死動物與飛翔之鳥，有性的符號，卻非刻意強調煽情。作者行文如詩，捕捉瞬間掠過的情感來勾勒角色無奈又痛苦的命運，有如一則黑暗預言。
好評推薦
《素食者》是一本會讓人一直想讀下去，想知道「接下來發生什麼事」的小說。崩壞的結局在一開始似乎就若隱若現，但我們還是抱著興奮的期待和悲傷的預感繼續往前，就像人生。如果哈姆雷的問題是To be, or not to be，那在《素食者》中就是「吃，或者不吃」。雖然整體的氛圍是壓抑悲傷的，但也因為小說人物的坦率，而讓人有了一種平靜安慰、甚至愉快的感覺。——林蔚昀（作家）
心理疾病患者的內在存著另一個世界。某些畫面、顏色、行為完全是超現實。怎麼產生跟影響的？甚至內化成自己的生存意識，這部小說解釋了一些身為人的悲哀。家庭的暴力、旁人的沉默無援、限於壓力環境而無法脫離、讓己身逐漸平面灰化，成為最不起眼的個體。這種安全其實是欺騙。《素食者》一步步推演出精神領域的偏軌，演繹出人之所以不想為人的過程，或失控的狀態，是一部非常細膩的小說。——顏艾琳（詩人）
媒體評論
● 這個故事恐怖地描繪出身邊人的不可知，即你突然察覺你其實完全不認識身邊的某個人……作品的三段式結構很精彩，逐漸地挖出更深、更黑暗的角落；作者筆法簡潔卻讓人縈繞心頭，最令人難忘的應該是其中壓倒性的故事高潮，一個幻象似的、但情感上真實的片刻，這必然是今年最強有力的故事之一。這是部獨創、擾動人心與令人難忘的作品。——《出版人週刊》
● 這部作品以一種幾近於催眠般的寧靜氛圍，被各種超現實的意象和令人驚恐、卻可辨認出的絕望時刻打斷，緊緊抓住了讀者的注意力。韓江的書寫，有力地展現了渴望所具有的毀滅力量，以及選擇去擁抱還是否定這樣的力量。故事用了許多幾乎是奇幻式、教人陌生的細節，深入探索一種非常人性的覺察經驗，也就是當人不再滿足於為何生命僅是如此。一部不凡與迷人的作品，筆法優雅卻強力擾動人心。——《柯克斯評論》
● 這是韓江第一部在美國問世的作品（希望未來還能引進更多新作）……小說風格是寫實、心理描述的，絕無留給讀者這是篇童話或變形神話的迴旋空間。我們都喜歡讀女孩的魚尾巴變成了人腿，或胳臂變成了樹枝的故事，但是一個人卻不可能成為一株綠色植物。主角英惠似乎沒有理解，這一切讓她變得危險與受到詛咒。——《哈潑雜誌》
● 簡潔、驚人的小說……作者以優雅準確的筆法，呈現文化壓迫之下的家庭失和，讓讀者在閱讀中變成主角的同謀。——《圖書館期刊》
● 多虧了卡夫卡，這部描述南韓女子在放棄肉食之後，身心上有了徹底轉變的故事，會讓你在閱讀過程中掩口大驚。——《歐普拉雜誌》
● 有一輩的作家，企圖探索每個人命運背後的祕密趨力、野心與苦難的故事，韓江就是其中之一……這部小說處理了暴力、精神失常、文化的侷限，和身體作為最後避難所與私人空間的價值。——《阿根廷時報》
● 這部小說裡那種近於變態的誘惑，源自字裡行間的畫面詩意。它們暴力又情色，彷彿惡夢。整部作品像是充滿了大型花卉的房間，濃濃的麝香味掐住你的喉頭。—《綠色阿姆斯特丹人雜誌》
● 黑暗夢魘、升溫中的緊張、令人戰慄的暴力……這部南韓作品真教人過癮……這是一部官能、刺激和暴力的小說，充滿了強有力的意象、駭人的色彩與讓人不安的質問……逐句讀來，這個故事精彩無比……很難有作品可與之匹敵。——《衛報》
● 這是一部奇特迷人的小說；故事裡充滿虛無，卻也有著抒情。書寫風格收斂，即使是描述最狂熱與暴力的片段亦然。這部作品有著超現實和魔法的特質，特別是在描述自然與身體景觀時，讀來是如此動人，儘管諸多磨難圍繞仍不減其美麗。——Arifa Akbar，《獨立報》
● 這部短短的小說是我讀過最駭人的作品之一……既刺激又富想像力……作者展現了在這個講究禮貌的社會中，自然、性別與藝術如何相互衝撞……那些勇於建立自己身分認同的女人都會被處死。敘事清楚地告訴我們，韓國禮教的壓力謀殺了她們……讓人坐立難安的小說。——Julia Pascal，《獨立報》
● 奇特、優雅的故事……這個後人類奇幻故事最讓人不解之處，是當身邊人都施以壓迫與否定的世界，主人翁似乎是找到了合理出路。——《泰晤士報文學增刊》
● 這部小說很快地以它對內心創痛的毀滅性研究，達到了黑暗、威嚇的才華，類似於天才的日本作家小川洋子……這部作品並非只是對於虐待女性的警示故事，它更是對於折磨與苦難的思索，討論躲避與一位夢想家如何逃脫。更重要的是，故事談的是空虛、所有的希望與安慰都將落空後無計可施的憤怒……探索野蠻之美和令人不安的身體。——《愛爾蘭時報》
「我的身體需要澆水。」她的身上冒出枝葉，手上長出樹根……
唯有融入土壤，她才能萌芽重生。
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榮獲國際曼布克獎x韓江
亞洲第一位獲獎作家 探索人類內心壓抑的瘋狂與傷痕之作
◎2023年全新完整翻譯，全新封面設計，新增知名文學評論家許允溍專文導讀
◎美國獨立書商協會排行榜、倫敦標準晚報暢銷文學小說榜
◎韓國小說文學獎、今日青年藝術家獎、李箱文學獎、東里文學獎、萬海文學獎得主
◎小說改編同名電影入圍2010年日舞影展世界劇情片
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我再也沒辦法忍受肉的味道。
只有植物能讓我平靜，讓我渴望。
就這樣倒立著，變成一棵樹吧……
在開始不斷做著充滿殺戮和鮮血的噩夢之前，英惠只是個生活平凡至極的家庭主婦，無數失眠的夜晚和夢中恐怖的景象令她飽受折磨，有一天，她突然無法再吃肉、無法忍受肉的味道，成為了一名「素食者」，這個小小的舉動不但讓她的婚姻陷入危機，並且成為一連串失控之舉的開端。
英惠的姐夫是個藝術攝影師，正陷入創作的低潮。他從妻子那裡聽說小姨子英惠的臀部至今還留著胎記，突然產生了久違的靈感，身上彩繪著花朵的全裸男女交合的場景，從此鐫刻在他腦海裡。他想要在英惠的裸體上作畫，並拍攝成影片。英惠成為姐夫的模特兒之後，身上的花朵彩繪竟然讓她不再受到夢魘困擾，也重新燃起她的肉體慾望……
因為小時候一同活在被性情暴躁的父親家暴的陰影下，仁惠把照顧妹妹英惠當成這輩子的責任。然而，她內心其實痛恨著住在精神病院逐漸走向瘋狂世界、把一切丟給她的妹妹。看似開朗穩重的仁惠，也曾有過對生活萌生倦怠和絕望，拋下稚子尋死的舉動。痛苦而壓抑的她，是否能帶著掙扎在噩夢邊緣的英惠，踏上自我救贖新的旅程？
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《素食者》由三個章節構成，每章分別以不同的視角刻畫行為日趨極端的素食者英惠。在她斷絕食物的過程中，融合了關於暴力、美、欲望、罪和救贖的疑問。書中出現多種意象：絢麗的盛開花朵、直挺的陰鬱樹木、花瓣大小的藍綠色胎記、血淋淋的垂死動物與飛翔之鳥，有性的符號，卻非刻意強調煽情。作者行文如詩，捕捉瞬間掠過的情感來勾勒角色無奈又痛苦的命運，有如一則黑暗預言。
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《素食者》是一本會讓人一直想讀下去，想知道「接下來發生什麼事」的小說。崩壞的結局在一開始似乎就若隱若現，但我們還是抱著興奮的期待和悲傷的預感繼續往前，就像人生。如果哈姆雷的問題是To be, or not to be，那在《素食者》中就是「吃，或者不吃」。雖然整體的氛圍是壓抑悲傷的，但也因為小說人物的坦率，而讓人有了一種平靜安慰、甚至愉快的感覺。——林蔚昀（作家）
心理疾病患者的內在存著另一個世界。某些畫面、顏色、行為完全是超現實。怎麼產生跟影響的？甚至內化成自己的生存意識，這部小說解釋了一些身為人的悲哀。家庭的暴力、旁人的沉默無援、限於壓力環境而無法脫離、讓己身逐漸平面灰化，成為最不起眼的個體。這種安全其實是欺騙。《素食者》一步步推演出精神領域的偏軌，演繹出人之所以不想為人的過程，或失控的狀態，是一部非常細膩的小說。——顏艾琳（詩人）
媒體評論
● 這個故事恐怖地描繪出身邊人的不可知，即你突然察覺你其實完全不認識身邊的某個人……作品的三段式結構很精彩，逐漸地挖出更深、更黑暗的角落；作者筆法簡潔卻讓人縈繞心頭，最令人難忘的應該是其中壓倒性的故事高潮，一個幻象似的、但情感上真實的片刻，這必然是今年最強有力的故事之一。這是部獨創、擾動人心與令人難忘的作品。——《出版人週刊》
● 這部作品以一種幾近於催眠般的寧靜氛圍，被各種超現實的意象和令人驚恐、卻可辨認出的絕望時刻打斷，緊緊抓住了讀者的注意力。韓江的書寫，有力地展現了渴望所具有的毀滅力量，以及選擇去擁抱還是否定這樣的力量。故事用了許多幾乎是奇幻式、教人陌生的細節，深入探索一種非常人性的覺察經驗，也就是當人不再滿足於為何生命僅是如此。一部不凡與迷人的作品，筆法優雅卻強力擾動人心。——《柯克斯評論》
● 這是韓江第一部在美國問世的作品（希望未來還能引進更多新作）……小說風格是寫實、心理描述的，絕無留給讀者這是篇童話或變形神話的迴旋空間。我們都喜歡讀女孩的魚尾巴變成了人腿，或胳臂變成了樹枝的故事，但是一個人卻不可能成為一株綠色植物。主角英惠似乎沒有理解，這一切讓她變得危險與受到詛咒。——《哈潑雜誌》
● 簡潔、驚人的小說……作者以優雅準確的筆法，呈現文化壓迫之下的家庭失和，讓讀者在閱讀中變成主角的同謀。——《圖書館期刊》
● 多虧了卡夫卡，這部描述南韓女子在放棄肉食之後，身心上有了徹底轉變的故事，會讓你在閱讀過程中掩口大驚。——《歐普拉雜誌》
● 有一輩的作家，企圖探索每個人命運背後的祕密趨力、野心與苦難的故事，韓江就是其中之一……這部小說處理了暴力、精神失常、文化的侷限，和身體作為最後避難所與私人空間的價值。——《阿根廷時報》
● 這部小說裡那種近於變態的誘惑，源自字裡行間的畫面詩意。它們暴力又情色，彷彿惡夢。整部作品像是充滿了大型花卉的房間，濃濃的麝香味掐住你的喉頭。—《綠色阿姆斯特丹人雜誌》
● 黑暗夢魘、升溫中的緊張、令人戰慄的暴力……這部南韓作品真教人過癮……這是一部官能、刺激和暴力的小說，充滿了強有力的意象、駭人的色彩與讓人不安的質問……逐句讀來，這個故事精彩無比……很難有作品可與之匹敵。——《衛報》
● 這是一部奇特迷人的小說；故事裡充滿虛無，卻也有著抒情。書寫風格收斂，即使是描述最狂熱與暴力的片段亦然。這部作品有著超現實和魔法的特質，特別是在描述自然與身體景觀時，讀來是如此動人，儘管諸多磨難圍繞仍不減其美麗。——Arifa Akbar，《獨立報》
● 這部短短的小說是我讀過最駭人的作品之一……既刺激又富想像力……作者展現了在這個講究禮貌的社會中，自然、性別與藝術如何相互衝撞……那些勇於建立自己身分認同的女人都會被處死。敘事清楚地告訴我們，韓國禮教的壓力謀殺了她們……讓人坐立難安的小說。——Julia Pascal，《獨立報》
● 奇特、優雅的故事……這個後人類奇幻故事最讓人不解之處，是當身邊人都施以壓迫與否定的世界，主人翁似乎是找到了合理出路。——《泰晤士報文學增刊》
● 這部小說很快地以它對內心創痛的毀滅性研究，達到了黑暗、威嚇的才華，類似於天才的日本作家小川洋子……這部作品並非只是對於虐待女性的警示故事，它更是對於折磨與苦難的思索，討論躲避與一位夢想家如何逃脫。更重要的是，故事談的是空虛、所有的希望與安慰都將落空後無計可施的憤怒……探索野蠻之美和令人不安的身體。——《愛爾蘭時報》
We Do Not Part [图书] Goodreads
Han Kang’s most revelatory book since The Vegetarian , We Do Not Part tells the story of a friendship between two women while powerfully reckoning with a hidden chapter of Korean history.
One winter morning, Kyungha receives an urgent message from her friend Inseon to visit her at a hospital in Seoul. Inseon has injured herself in an accident, and she begs Kyungha to return to Jeju Island, where she lives, to save her beloved pet—a white bird called Ama.
A snowstorm hits the island when Kyungha arrives. She must reach Inseon’s house at all costs, but the icy wind and squalls slow her down as night begins to fall. She wonders if she will arrive in time to save the animal—or even survive the terrible cold that envelops her with every step. Lost in a world of snow, she doesn't yet suspect the vertiginous plunge into the darkness that awaits her at her friend's house.
Blurring the boundaries between dream and reality, We Do Not Part powerfully illuminates a forgotten chapter in Korean history, buried for decades—bringing to light the lost voices of the past to save them from oblivion. Both a hymn to an enduring friendship and an argument for remembering,it is the story of profound love in the face of unspeakable violence—and a celebration of life, however fragile it might be.
One winter morning, Kyungha receives an urgent message from her friend Inseon to visit her at a hospital in Seoul. Inseon has injured herself in an accident, and she begs Kyungha to return to Jeju Island, where she lives, to save her beloved pet—a white bird called Ama.
A snowstorm hits the island when Kyungha arrives. She must reach Inseon’s house at all costs, but the icy wind and squalls slow her down as night begins to fall. She wonders if she will arrive in time to save the animal—or even survive the terrible cold that envelops her with every step. Lost in a world of snow, she doesn't yet suspect the vertiginous plunge into the darkness that awaits her at her friend's house.
Blurring the boundaries between dream and reality, We Do Not Part powerfully illuminates a forgotten chapter in Korean history, buried for decades—bringing to light the lost voices of the past to save them from oblivion. Both a hymn to an enduring friendship and an argument for remembering,it is the story of profound love in the face of unspeakable violence—and a celebration of life, however fragile it might be.
Human Acts [图书] 谷歌图书
FROM HAN KANG, WINNER OF THE 2024 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE
“[Han Kang’s] intense poetic prose . . . confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.”—The Nobel Committee for Literature, in the citation for the Nobel Prize
The internationally bestselling author of The Vegetarian presents 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 Award • One of the Best Books of the Year: The Atlantic, San Francisco Chronicle, NPR, HuffPost, Medium, Library Journal
Amid a violent student uprising in South Korea, a young boy named Dong-ho is shockingly killed.
The story of this tragic episode unfolds in a sequence of interconnected chapters as the victims and the bereaved encounter suppression, denial, and the echoing agony of the massacre. From Dong-ho’s best friend who meets his own fateful end; to an editor struggling against censorship; to a prisoner and a factory worker, each suffering from traumatic memories; and to Dong-ho's own grief-stricken mother; and through their collective heartbreak and acts of hope is the tale of a brutalized people in search of a voice.
An award-winning, controversial bestseller, Human Acts is a timeless, pointillist portrait of an historic event with reverberations still being felt today, by turns tracing the harsh reality of oppression and the resounding, extraordinary poetry of humanity.
“[Han Kang’s] intense poetic prose . . . confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.”—The Nobel Committee for Literature, in the citation for the Nobel Prize
The internationally bestselling author of The Vegetarian presents 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 Award • One of the Best Books of the Year: The Atlantic, San Francisco Chronicle, NPR, HuffPost, Medium, Library Journal
Amid a violent student uprising in South Korea, a young boy named Dong-ho is shockingly killed.
The story of this tragic episode unfolds in a sequence of interconnected chapters as the victims and the bereaved encounter suppression, denial, and the echoing agony of the massacre. From Dong-ho’s best friend who meets his own fateful end; to an editor struggling against censorship; to a prisoner and a factory worker, each suffering from traumatic memories; and to Dong-ho's own grief-stricken mother; and through their collective heartbreak and acts of hope is the tale of a brutalized people in search of a voice.
An award-winning, controversial bestseller, Human Acts is a timeless, pointillist portrait of an historic event with reverberations still being felt today, by turns tracing the harsh reality of oppression and the resounding, extraordinary poetry of humanity.
Human Acts [图书] 开放图书馆 Goodreads 豆瓣
소년이 온다
A riveting, poetic, and fearless portrait of political unrest and the universal struggle for justice by the acclaimed author of The Vegetarian .
In the midst of a violent student uprising in South Korea, a young boy named Dong-ho is shockingly killed.
The story of this tragic episode unfolds in a sequence of interconnected chapters as the victims and the bereaved encounter suppression, denial, and the echoing agony of the massacre. From Dong-ho’s best friend, who meets his own fateful end, to an editor struggling against censorship; to a prisoner and a factory worker, both suffering from traumatic memories; and to Dong-ho's own grief-stricken mother, their collective heartbreak and acts of hope tell the tale of a brutalized people in search of a voice.
An award-winning, controversial bestseller, Human Acts is a timeless, pointillist portrait of a historic event with reverberations still being felt today, by turns tracing the harsh reality of oppression and the resounding, extraordinary poetry of humanity.
In the midst of a violent student uprising in South Korea, a young boy named Dong-ho is shockingly killed.
The story of this tragic episode unfolds in a sequence of interconnected chapters as the victims and the bereaved encounter suppression, denial, and the echoing agony of the massacre. From Dong-ho’s best friend, who meets his own fateful end, to an editor struggling against censorship; to a prisoner and a factory worker, both suffering from traumatic memories; and to Dong-ho's own grief-stricken mother, their collective heartbreak and acts of hope tell the tale of a brutalized people in search of a voice.
An award-winning, controversial bestseller, Human Acts is a timeless, pointillist portrait of a historic event with reverberations still being felt today, by turns tracing the harsh reality of oppression and the resounding, extraordinary poetry of humanity.
The Vegetarian [图书] 豆瓣
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Yeong-hye and her husband are ordinary people. He is an office worker with moderate ambitions and mild manners; she is an uninspired but dutiful wife. The acceptable flatline of their marriage is interrupted when Yeong-hye, seeking a more ‘plant-like’ existence, decides to become a vegetarian, prompted by grotesque recurring nightmares. In South Korea, where vegetarianism is almost unheard-of and societal mores are strictly obeyed, Yeong-hye’s decision is a shocking act of subversion. Her passive rebellion manifests in ever more bizarre and frightening forms, leading her bland husband to self-justified acts of sexual sadism. His cruelties drive her towards attempted suicide and hospitalisation. She unknowingly captivates her sister’s husband, a video artist. She becomes the focus of his increasingly erotic and unhinged artworks, while spiralling further and further into her fantasies of abandoning her fleshly prison and becoming – impossibly, ecstatically – a tree.
Fraught, disturbing and beautiful, The Vegetarian is a novel about modern day South Korea, but also a novel about shame, desire and our faltering attempts to understand others, from one imprisoned body to another.
Fraught, disturbing and beautiful, The Vegetarian is a novel about modern day South Korea, but also a novel about shame, desire and our faltering attempts to understand others, from one imprisoned body to another.
Human Acts [图书] 豆瓣
소년이 온다
From the internationally bestselling author of The Vegetarian, a “rare and astonishing” (The Observer) portrait of political unrest and the universal struggle for justice.
In the midst of a violent student uprising in South Korea, a young boy named Dong-ho is shockingly killed.
The story of this tragic episode unfolds in a sequence of interconnected chapters as the victims and the bereaved encounter suppression, denial, and the echoing agony of the massacre. From Dong-ho’s best friend who meets his own fateful end; to an editor struggling against censorship; to a prisoner and a factory worker, each suffering from traumatic memories; and to Dong-ho’s own grief-stricken mother; and through their collective heartbreak and acts of hope is the tale of a brutalized people in search of a voice.
An award-winning, controversial bestseller, Human Acts is a timeless, pointillist portrait of an historic event with reverberations still being felt today, by turns tracing the harsh reality of oppression and the resounding, extraordinary poetry of humanity.
Shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award
Amazon, 100 Best Books of 2017
The Atlantic, “The Best Books We Read in 2017”
San Francisco Chronicle, “Best of 2017: 100 Recommended Books”
NPR Book Concierge, 2017’s Great Reads
Library Journal, “Best Books of 2017”
Huffington Post, “Best Fiction Books of 2017”
Medium, Kong Tsung-gan’s “Best Human Rights Books of 2017”
In the midst of a violent student uprising in South Korea, a young boy named Dong-ho is shockingly killed.
The story of this tragic episode unfolds in a sequence of interconnected chapters as the victims and the bereaved encounter suppression, denial, and the echoing agony of the massacre. From Dong-ho’s best friend who meets his own fateful end; to an editor struggling against censorship; to a prisoner and a factory worker, each suffering from traumatic memories; and to Dong-ho’s own grief-stricken mother; and through their collective heartbreak and acts of hope is the tale of a brutalized people in search of a voice.
An award-winning, controversial bestseller, Human Acts is a timeless, pointillist portrait of an historic event with reverberations still being felt today, by turns tracing the harsh reality of oppression and the resounding, extraordinary poetry of humanity.
Shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award
Amazon, 100 Best Books of 2017
The Atlantic, “The Best Books We Read in 2017”
San Francisco Chronicle, “Best of 2017: 100 Recommended Books”
NPR Book Concierge, 2017’s Great Reads
Library Journal, “Best Books of 2017”
Huffington Post, “Best Fiction Books of 2017”
Medium, Kong Tsung-gan’s “Best Human Rights Books of 2017”
The White Book [图书] Goodreads
While on a writer’s residency, a nameless narrator focuses on the color white to creatively channel her inner pain. Through lyrical, interconnected stories, she grapples with the tragedy that has haunted her family, attempting to make sense of her older sister’s death using the color white. From trying to imagine her mother’s first time producing breast milk to watching the snow fall and meditating on the impermanence of life, she weaves a poignant, heartfelt story of the omnipresence of grief and the ways we perceive the world around us.
In captivating, starkly beautiful language, The White Book offers a multilayered exploration of color and its absence, of the tenacity and fragility of the human spirit, and of our attempts to graft new life from the ashes of destruction.
In captivating, starkly beautiful language, The White Book offers a multilayered exploration of color and its absence, of the tenacity and fragility of the human spirit, and of our attempts to graft new life from the ashes of destruction.
We Do Not Part [图书] Goodreads
Han Kang’s most revelatory book since The Vegetarian, We Do Not Part tells the story of a friendship between two women while powerfully reckoning with a hidden chapter in Korean history.
One winter morning, Kyungha receives an urgent message from her friend Inseon to visit her at a hospital in Seoul. Inseon has injured herself in an accident, and she begs Kyungha to return to Jeju Island, where she lives, to save her beloved pet—a white bird called Ama. A snowstorm hits the island when Kyungha arrives. She must reach Inseon’s house at all costs, but the icy wind and squalls slow her down as night begins to fall. She wonders if she will arrive in time to save the animal—or even survive the terrible cold that envelops her with every step. Lost in a world of snow, she doesn’t yet suspect the vertiginous plunge into the darkness that awaits her at her friend’s house.
Blurring the boundaries between dream and reality, We Do Not Part powerfully illuminates a forgotten chapter in Korean history, buried for decades—bringing to light the lost voices of the past to save them from oblivion. Both a hymn to an enduring friendship and an argument for remembering, it is the story of profound love in the face of unspeakable violence—and a celebration of life, however fragile it might be.
One winter morning, Kyungha receives an urgent message from her friend Inseon to visit her at a hospital in Seoul. Inseon has injured herself in an accident, and she begs Kyungha to return to Jeju Island, where she lives, to save her beloved pet—a white bird called Ama. A snowstorm hits the island when Kyungha arrives. She must reach Inseon’s house at all costs, but the icy wind and squalls slow her down as night begins to fall. She wonders if she will arrive in time to save the animal—or even survive the terrible cold that envelops her with every step. Lost in a world of snow, she doesn’t yet suspect the vertiginous plunge into the darkness that awaits her at her friend’s house.
Blurring the boundaries between dream and reality, We Do Not Part powerfully illuminates a forgotten chapter in Korean history, buried for decades—bringing to light the lost voices of the past to save them from oblivion. Both a hymn to an enduring friendship and an argument for remembering, it is the story of profound love in the face of unspeakable violence—and a celebration of life, however fragile it might be.
The Vegetarian [图书] 豆瓣
Yeong-hye 和她的丈夫都是普通人--尽职尽责的妻子和温文尔雅的上班族。有一天，Yeong-hye 在噩梦的驱使下决定吃素。
但在素食几乎闻所未闻、社会风气被严格遵守的韩国，这是一种令人震惊的颠覆行为。Yeong-hye 的被动反叛迅速以更加怪异和可怕的形式表现出来，以及越来越色情和疯狂的艺术作品，同时她也在自己的幻想中越陷越深...... 《素食者》是一部关于现代韩国的启示性小说，讲述了一个关于羞耻、欲望和我们试图理解他人的动摇努力的故事，令人不安，又美轮美奂。
WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE
'A strange, painfully tender exploration of the brutality of desire indulged and the fatality of desire ignored... Exquisite.' Eimear McBride
Yeong-hye and her husband are ordinary people - dutiful wife and mild-mannered office worker. One day, prompted by grotesque recurring nightmares, Yeong-hye decides to become a vegetarian.
But in South Korea, where vegetarianism is almost unheard-of and societal mores are strictly obeyed, it is a shocking act of subversion. Yeong-hye's passive rebellion rapidly manifests in ever more bizarre and frightening forms, from sexual sadism to attempted suicide, and in increasingly erotic and unhinged artworks, as all the while she spirals further into her fantasies... Disturbing and beautiful by turns, The Vegetarian is a revelatory novel about modern day South Korea; a tale of shame, desire and our faltering attempts to understand others.
但在素食几乎闻所未闻、社会风气被严格遵守的韩国，这是一种令人震惊的颠覆行为。Yeong-hye 的被动反叛迅速以更加怪异和可怕的形式表现出来，以及越来越色情和疯狂的艺术作品，同时她也在自己的幻想中越陷越深...... 《素食者》是一部关于现代韩国的启示性小说，讲述了一个关于羞耻、欲望和我们试图理解他人的动摇努力的故事，令人不安，又美轮美奂。
WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE
'A strange, painfully tender exploration of the brutality of desire indulged and the fatality of desire ignored... Exquisite.' Eimear McBride
Yeong-hye and her husband are ordinary people - dutiful wife and mild-mannered office worker. One day, prompted by grotesque recurring nightmares, Yeong-hye decides to become a vegetarian.
But in South Korea, where vegetarianism is almost unheard-of and societal mores are strictly obeyed, it is a shocking act of subversion. Yeong-hye's passive rebellion rapidly manifests in ever more bizarre and frightening forms, from sexual sadism to attempted suicide, and in increasingly erotic and unhinged artworks, as all the while she spirals further into her fantasies... Disturbing and beautiful by turns, The Vegetarian is a revelatory novel about modern day South Korea; a tale of shame, desire and our faltering attempts to understand others.