Étranges lectures - Impossibles adieux - Han Kang

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Gyeongha goes to Jeju to feed the bird of her friend Inseon, who is in hospital in Seoul. A snowstorm hits the island on her arrival, and when she reaches Inseon's house, the icy wind and snow squalls seek her out as night falls. Little does she know that a far worse nightmare awaits her at her friend's home, Korea's past.

Like a long winter's dream, Han Kang takes us on a journey between contemporary South Korea and its past. Impossibles adieux is both a hymn to...