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Han Kang
October 9, 2025
Alex Shephard, Mark Krotov
The Nobel Prize in Literature Is Boring Now
László Krasznahorkai, who was awarded the prize on Thursday, is a brilliant novelist and consummate laureate. But has the Swedish Academy lost its sense of fun?
February 7, 2025
MagazineLily Meyer
The Haunting Fiction of Han Kang
The Nobel laureate’s new novel “We Do Not Part” grapples with an atrocity and the difficulties of bearing witness.
October 10, 2024
Mark Krotov, Alex Shephard
Can The Nobel Prize Save Publishing From Itself?
The Swedish Academy's decision to award Korean novelist Han Kang is a minor victory in a world of consolidation.

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