21st Century Literature discussion

This thread is for general discussion about the author, background materials, and sharing any interesting links/reviews.

REVIEWS
- NPR https://www.npr.org/2019/02/24/696798...
- World Literature Today https://www.worldliteraturetoday.org/...
- The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/books/201...
- NY Times https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/25/bo...
- Book Forum https://www.bookforum.com/culture/the...
- The White Review https://www.thewhitereview.org/review...

INTERVIEWS
- Han Kang https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQTI6...

- Deborah Smith (translator); older interviews not related specifically to this book):
LARB https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/w...
Korean Literature in Translation http://www.ktlit.com/allie-park-inter...

Let us know if you'll be joining us and if you've read anything else by Han Kang.

And thanks for dropping by!

Marc, I look forward to the discussion! I'll be a late joiner though. This will be my first Han Kang.

Great, Vesna! It’s pretty short, so even though I finished it a few days ago, I think I’ll be rereading it as we discuss. Lots to ruminate.

Maybe it’s due to the holiday season, but I am surprised that more people have not joined the discussion on this book. I’m traveling right now and will get to it right after the New Year. Cheers!

Joe, I'm chalking it up to the holidays and the fact that it's frequently a bit harder to talk about books that have less traditional structure/elements, especially when they have poetic aspects.

I just finished re-reading it this morning. This is unheard of for me, so it's possible I'm dying or the world is coming to an end.