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Han Kang: finding the translations

Posted on 19 March 2025 by Kate Sotejeff-Wilson — Leave a comment
Two Han Kang translations: on the left, Taru Salminen's Älä jätä hyvästejä, and on the right Deborah Smith's The Vegetarian

The journey from Korea to the northern fringes of Europe is a long one. To get there, you have to go on a TV show, or stir up a storm in a translators’ teacup. Or you could miss the bus,…

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