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Winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize for Literature

A short story by leading Korean author, Han Kang, published in pamphlet form as part of the Yeoyu series, translated from Korean by Deborah Smith, from the people who brought you Keshiki

Inah has been having nightmares. Nightmares of fish bones, fractals, and a marriage that ended under some unnamed violence. Walking the night streets with a man she has known for years, whose feelings for her are bound up with his intense longing to live as a woman, the fragile bond of their relationship threatens to shatter. Internationally acclaimed author Han Kang directs her unflinching gaze on the painful complexities of damage and recovery, questioning what it is we want from ourselves and each other, and whether there are some things that are truly irreparable.