Light and Thread

The luminous first non-fiction collection from a Nobel laureate. Light and Thread is a multi-faceted masterwork from Han Kang, her first major release since being awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. In her first work of non-fiction published in English, Kang beautifully weaves together the threads of her life and craft through an intimate sequence of essays, poems, photographs, and diaries. Centered around a tiny courtyard garden kept alive by moving mirrors, and beginning with her official Nobel Lecture, this book explores the "gold thread" of language that connects human hearts across existential chasms. It is a rare, radiant gift for readers of her iconic fiction.