[Korean Literature Club] 'We Do Not Part' by Han Kang (Tran by E. Yaewon & Paige Aniyah Morris)

Dear Friends,

For the May meeting of 2025, we will read and discuss ‘We Do Not Part’ authored by Han Kang and translated by E. Yaewon & Paige Aniyah Morris.

The meeting will be led by Jeremy Seligson and held IN-PERSON only.

*Feel free to arrive early, starting at 6:30pm, to chat, look around the book collection, and have a drink.


WHEN_ Thursday. May 15, 2025. 7:30PM (Seoul)

WHERE_B1, North Terrace Cafe (near Anguk Station or Jongno-3 ga Station (Subway Line 1, 3, or 5))

LEADER_Jeremy Seligson

READ_'We Do Not Part' by Han Kang (Tran by E. Yaewon & Paige Aniyah Morris)


BOOK PURCHASE: Amazon https://www.amazon.com/We-Do-Not-Part-Novel/dp/0593595459 | Kyobo https://product.kyobobook.co.kr/detail/S000214360554


ABOUT THE BOOK:

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • THE NEW NOVEL 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

“[A] masterpiece.”—The Boston Globe

“A novel that is both disquieting and entrancing.”—The Economist
ONE OF VULTURE AND THE ECONOMIST’S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR (SO FAR)

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.


ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Han Kang was born in 1970 in South Korea. She is the author of The Vegetarian, winner of the International Booker Prize, as well as Human Acts, The White Book, Greek Lessons, and We Do Not Part. In 2024, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.


ABOUT THE TRANSLATORS:

E. Yaewon is based in Korea and translates from and into Korean, including titles by Hwang Jungeun, Deborah Levy, and Samuel Beckett.

Paige Aniyah Morris divides her time between the United States and Korea. Recent translations include works by Pak Kyongni, Ji-min Lee, and Chang Kang-myoung.


VENUE:

The ‘North Terrace Cafe (Basement)’ is located at 12 Yulgok-ro 10-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul. Go to Anguk Station on the Orange #3 Line. Go out Exit 4 and do an immediate U-turn on the sidewalk. Then take a right in front of the Japanese Cultural Center and walk towards Changdeok-gung, but on the opposite side of the main street (Yulgok-ro) from the palace.

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