Lost for Words: Reading Nobel Prize Winner Han Kang
The DiplomatThere seems to be nothing connecting Han Kang and Brandon Sanderson. Han Kang’s story-telling is simple but her style is elaborate – the reverse is true for Sanderson. This time, Sanderson broke the writing rules he so lucidly laid out in his lectures – including one of the core mantras of fiction writing: “Show, don’t tell.” And even though critics may find this assessment bizarre, the more I read Han Kang, the more I have to say about her prose. Of the three novels by Han Kang I have read – “The Vegetarian,” “Greek Lessons,” and “The White Book” – I recommend the last one least. As usual, kudos to the Korean writer’s translator to English, Deborah Smith, who reportedly had mastered Korean in just three years before first translating “The Vegetarian”.
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