We do not Part - Han Kang

Han Kang, the International Booker Prize-winning author of The Vegetarian, returns with We Do Not Part, a quietly powerful novel about the lingering effects of historical trauma and the fragile yet resilient bonds between people.

Through the lives of a human rights activist and a woman marked by the scars of wartime sexual violence, Kang crafts a profoundly moving meditation on the emotional cost of survival, the silence of suffering, and the radical act of witnessing another’s pain with empathy.

Main Themes of the Book

• Collective Memory and Trauma: How personal and national histories remain etched in the body
• Human Rights and Justice: Centered on victims of wartime atrocity and their long fight to be heard
• Empathy and Connection: The redemptive power of truly seeing and holding another’s pain
• Silence and Voice: What it means to speak the unspeakable—or choose not to
• Spiritual and Emotional Survival: A story as much about endurance as it is about suffering

Reasons to Choose This Book By Han Kang

• From Han Kang, internationally acclaimed author of The Vegetarian and Human Acts
• Translated by E. Yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris, ensuring literary depth and fidelity
• A short, intense, and deeply emotional literary novel
• Ideal for readers interested in war literature, feminist themes, and Korean history
• Haunting prose that blends fiction, memory, and philosophy with subtle brilliance

We Do Not Part is a devastatingly beautiful novel that confronts the weight of history and the resilience of the human spirit. With sparse but stunning language, Han Kang once again reminds us why she is one of the most vital voices in contemporary world literature.

This is not just a story to read—it’s one to carry, to reflect on, and to return to.