We Do Not Part

無論是愛還是哀悼，都不會結束，也不該遺忘。
讓我們在生死攸關的痛苦中，也不說再見……
 
竭盡全力書寫生命
國際曼布克文學獎得主韓江最新力作
 
　　「這本小説的背景是在講述濟州四三事件的歷史悲劇……如果說寫《少年來了》時，噩夢或死亡深入我的內心經歷，那麼寫這部小說時則是自己從死亡走向生命的經歷。我認爲這本小說拯救了我。」――韓江  
 
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　　「印象派」作家韓江，擅長用最冷靜的文字描繪出最熱切的情感，
　　這次她透過各種文學的象徵、隱喻和對比，結合虛實交錯的敘事手法，
　　直面殘酷的歷史傷痕，並從中提煉出至高無上的人類之愛。
　　她要告訴我們：
　　「記得」不只是為了伸張正義或重新開始，
　　歷史不會只停留在過去，
　　那些質問人類本性的事件儘管可怕，卻與我們的現在相連。
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　　小說家慶荷自從寫了一本描述屠殺的書之後，就開始做噩夢。她曾經計劃和攝影師朋友仁善一起拍攝和夢境有關的紀錄片，但後來仁善爲了照顧母親而回到濟州島。
 
　　冬季的某一天，因意外住院的仁善，請求慶荷立即前往濟州的家裡照顧她的小鳥。慶荷在暴風雪中歷經千辛萬苦，終於到達仁善的家，她在那裡看到了仁善的家族史，那是七十多年前在濟州發生的平民大屠殺：濟州四三事件。
 
　　仁善的父親因失去全家人而悲痛欲絕，但還得在監獄裡度過十五年；她的母親則同時失去父母和妹妹，連哥哥也生死未卜，只能和姐姐兩個人相依爲命。在屠殺之後，仁善的母親爲了尋找哥哥的行蹤，數十年來沒有放棄進行平靜的抗爭……
 
　　在暴雪中孤立的黑暗房屋中、在微弱的蠟燭下、在光與暗之間、在成千上萬永恆緩慢下降的雪花中，她們懇切地思念已經不在這裡的人。
 
　　「不是韓江選擇素材，而是素材選擇了韓江。」――文學評論家申炯哲

本書中文版由漫遊者文化出版

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

＂Unforgettable.＂--Hernan Diaz

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.

One winter morning, Kyungha receives an urgent message from her friend Inseon to visit her at a hospital in Seoul. Inseon has injured herself in an accident, and she begs Kyungha to return to Jeju Island, where she lives, to save her beloved pet--a white bird called Ama. A snowstorm hits the island when Kyungha arrives. She must reach Inseon’s house at all costs, but the icy wind and squalls slow her down as night begins to fall. She wonders if she will arrive in time to save the animal--or even survive the terrible cold that envelops her with every step. Lost in a world of snow, she doesn’t yet suspect the vertiginous plunge into the darkness that awaits her at her friend’s house.

Blurring the boundaries between dream and reality, We Do Not Part powerfully illuminates a forgotten chapter in Korean history, buried for decades--bringing to light the lost voices of the past to save them from oblivion. Both a hymn to an enduring friendship and an argument for remembering, it is the story of profound love in the face of unspeakable violence--and a celebration of life, however fragile it might be.

Han Kang was born in 1970 in South Korea. She is the author of The Vegetarian, winner of the International Booker Prize, Human Acts, The White Book, and Greek Lessons.

e. yaewon is based in Korea and translates from and into Korean, including titles by Hwang Jungeun, Jessica Au, and Maggie Nelson.

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.