We Do Not Part by Han Kang
After Kyungha responds to an urgent call from her injured friend Inseon and travels to Jeju to save Inseon’s cherished white bird, a brutal winter storm and a fraught return home set the scene for a haunting, dreamlike exploration of their friendship. The novel intertwines the intimate bond between the two women with the slow uncovering of a suppressed episode of Korean history, tracing how memory and love confront past violence without revealing its specifics.
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- Published
- 2021
- Nationality
- Korean
- Length
- Medium
- Pages
- 256
- Original Language
- Korean
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(4.5)
- Alternate Titles
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- Never Say Goodbye
- 작별하지 않는다
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- 14th on The Best Books of the 21st Century (Aladin.co.kr)
- 95th on The 100 Greatest Books of 2025 (The Greatest Books)
- 127th on Honorable Mention - The 25 Masterpieces of World Literature That Will Define the 21st Century (25-250) (Télérama)
- 5624th on Our Users' Honorable Mention Favorite Books of All Time (The Greatest Books Users)
- A Century of World Literature 1925 - 2025 (Der Spiegel)