We Do Not Part

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We Do Not Part: A Novel (Korean: 작별하지 않는다; RR: Jakbyeolhaji anneunda) is a 2021 novel by South Korean novelist Han Kang, published by Munhak. The novel follows a woman named Kyungha as she travels to Jeju Island on behalf of her friend, Inseon, and reflects upon the legacy of the Jeju massacre. Han considers the novel to form "a pair" with her previous work, Human Acts. In 2023, a French translation by Choi Gyungran and Pierre Bisiou was published by Éditions Grasset. It went on to won the Prix Médicis for Foreign Literature in 2023, making Han the first Korean author to receive the prize. In the same year, the novel was shortlisted for the Prix Femina. Han also received the Émile Guimet Prize for Asian Literature for the novel in 2024. An English translation by e. yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris, published by Hogarth Press, was released on January 21, 2025.

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