Han Kang's Human Acts, which was originally published in 2014, is a novel rooted in the history of South Korea, which is where author Han Kang was born. It tells the story of the so-called "democratization uprising" of 1980 in South Korea, which...

The Vegetarian is a novella in three parts written by Korean author Han Kang. First time published in Korea in 2007, it received an uneasy reception and was thought to be both bizarre and extreme. The novella is based on a short story Han had...