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Novel · 2021

We Do Not Part

Han Kang

Aya Saleh · Ink & Ivy

Novel · 2021 · Korean · Contemporary

We Do Not Part

Han Kang

A journey to Jeju connects personal friendship with the memory of the island's massacres.

Historical fictionMemory fictionWitnessFriendshipTrauma

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Snow, bodily pain and archival traces bring historical violence into present experience. The novel tests how attention and friendship can carry testimony across generations.

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