WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE 2024 SHORTLISTED FOR FOYLES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025 AN
OBSERVER BEST BOOK OF THE CENTURY SO FAR Like a long winter's dream this haunting and
visionary new novel from 2024 Nobel Prize winner Han Kang takes us on a journey from
contemporary South Korea into its painful history 'One of the most profound and skilled
writers working on the contemporary world stage' Deborah Levy Beginning one morning in
December We Do Not Part traces the path of Kyungha as she travels from the city of Seoul into
the forests of Jeju Island to the home of her old friend Inseon. Hospitalized following an
accident Inseon has begged Kyungha to hasten there to feed her beloved pet bird who will
otherwise die. Kyungha takes the first plane to Jeju but a snowstorm hits the island the
moment she arrives plunging her into a world of white. Beset by icy wind and snow squalls she
wonders if she will arrive in time to save the bird - or even survive the terrible cold which
envelops her with every step. As night falls she struggles her way to Inseon's house unaware
as yet of the descent into darkness which awaits her. There the long-buried story of Inseon's
family surges into light in dreams and memories passed from mother to daughter and in a
painstakingly assembled archive documenting a terrible massacre on the island seventy years
before. We Do Not Part is a hymn to friendship a eulogy to the imagination and above all an
indictment against forgetting. Translated by e. yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris 'A vital
voice and a writer of extraordinary humanity. Her work is a gift to us all' Max Porter 'A
remarkable novelist who reflects our modern condition with courage imagination and keen
intelligence' Min Jin Lee SHORTLISTED FOR THE WARWICK PRIZE FOR WOMEN IN TRANSLATION
