{"id":9033262170330,"title":"I Do Not Bid Farewell by 한강(Han Kang) Original Korean Edition","handle":"the-white-book-by-han-kang-a-novel-winner-of-the-2024-nobel-prize-in-literature-original-korean-edition-1","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"76\" data-end=\"230\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"76\" data-end=\"228\"\u003eWhat must one think of in order to endure?\u003cbr data-start=\"120\" data-end=\"123\"\u003eIf no fire blazes up within the chest.\u003cbr data-start=\"161\" data-end=\"164\"\u003eIf there is no one to whom you will surely return, to embrace.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"232\" data-end=\"347\"\u003eFrom those who once lived here,\u003cbr data-start=\"263\" data-end=\"266\"\u003efrom those who still live here,\u003cbr data-start=\"297\" data-end=\"300\"\u003eseeps the dreamlike memory of boundless love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"349\" data-end=\"867\"\u003eHan Kang, winner of the 2016 International Booker Prize for \u003cem data-start=\"409\" data-end=\"425\"\u003eThe Vegetarian\u003c\/em\u003e and a finalist again in 2018 with \u003cem data-start=\"460\" data-end=\"476\"\u003eThe White Book\u003c\/em\u003e, has returned with her first full-length novel in five years: \u003cem data-start=\"539\" data-end=\"562\"\u003eI Do Not Bid Farewell\u003c\/em\u003e. The novel drew great attention when its first half was serialized in the quarterly \u003cem data-start=\"647\" data-end=\"661\"\u003eMunhakdongne\u003c\/em\u003e from the winter of 2019 through the spring of the following year. Over the course of another year, Han Kang painstakingly wrote the second half and carefully polished the entire manuscript to completion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"869\" data-end=\"1247\"\u003eOriginally conceived as the concluding volume of the “Snow Trilogy”—following \u003cem data-start=\"947\" data-end=\"972\"\u003eWhile a Snowflake Melts\u003c\/em\u003e (winner of the 2015 Hwang Sun-won Literary Award) and \u003cem data-start=\"1027\" data-end=\"1037\"\u003eFarewell\u003c\/em\u003e (winner of the 2018 Kim Yu-jung Literary Award)—\u003cem data-start=\"1086\" data-end=\"1109\"\u003eI Do Not Bid Farewell\u003c\/em\u003e ultimately took shape as a self-contained novel. 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The novel drew great attention when its first half was serialized in the quarterly \u003cem data-start=\"647\" data-end=\"661\"\u003eMunhakdongne\u003c\/em\u003e from the winter of 2019 through the spring of the following year. Over the course of another year, Han Kang painstakingly wrote the second half and carefully polished the entire manuscript to completion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"869\" data-end=\"1247\"\u003eOriginally conceived as the concluding volume of the “Snow Trilogy”—following \u003cem data-start=\"947\" data-end=\"972\"\u003eWhile a Snowflake Melts\u003c\/em\u003e (winner of the 2015 Hwang Sun-won Literary Award) and \u003cem data-start=\"1027\" data-end=\"1037\"\u003eFarewell\u003c\/em\u003e (winner of the 2018 Kim Yu-jung Literary Award)—\u003cem data-start=\"1086\" data-end=\"1109\"\u003eI Do Not Bid Farewell\u003c\/em\u003e ultimately took shape as a self-contained novel. In this way, it holds a particular significance within Han Kang’s literary trajectory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1249\" data-end=\"1604\"\u003eThrough her recent works such as \u003cem data-start=\"1282\" data-end=\"1294\"\u003eHuman Acts\u003c\/em\u003e (2014), \u003cem data-start=\"1303\" data-end=\"1319\"\u003eThe White Book\u003c\/em\u003e (2016), and the “Snow” cycle (2015, 2017), Han Kang has persistently depicted humanity’s struggle for dignity, striving toward a single ray of light even in the depths of darkness. With \u003cem data-start=\"1506\" data-end=\"1529\"\u003eI Do Not Bid Farewell\u003c\/em\u003e, we now clearly witness the luminous present her literature has reached.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1606\" data-end=\"1898\"\u003eDrawn from the memory of a recent tragic history, this novel conveys—through piercing imagery and graceful, poetic prose—a story of desperate and boundless love. It is a love that, despite everything, allows humanity to remain human, arriving with overwhelming beauty that dazzles the eyes.\u003c\/p\u003e"}