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Figure I'd pull an arbitrary quote from Han Kang for this. Translated obviously > “There is none of us whom life regards with any partiality. Sleet falls as she walks these streets, holding this knowledge inside her. Sleet that leaves cheeks and eyebrows heavy with moisture. Everything passes.” - Han Kang
Is there a better, and actually insightful quote from her that we should know about? Because this is the sort of writing you'd expect from an emo 6th grader, not a Nobel prize winner. "Life isn't fair, nothing lasts forever" isn't exactly genius level stuff.
That means the opposite of "Life isn't fair". Partiality - unfair bias in favor of one thing or person compared with another; favoritism.
She's written, in that quote, that life is fair.
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I don't think that has anything to do with the continent. People like Haruki Murakami and Liu Cixin have achieved immense reader-bases with their English translations.
I read both and the style is tedious, especially the dialogues, and I can only assume it's a translation thing.
Had to force myself reading to the end of trilogy, above goes into overdrive.
Figure I'd pull an arbitrary quote from Han Kang for this. Translated obviously > “There is none of us whom life regards with any partiality. Sleet falls as she walks these streets, holding this knowledge inside her. Sleet that leaves cheeks and eyebrows heavy with moisture. Everything passes.” - Han Kang
its very sad that asian prose translates so terribly into english
It doesn't help that books don't sell well in Korea and translators are poorly paid. Often you can literally see "Oh the original English word must be X, because it doesn't make sense and the translator just used the more popular meaning of the word!"
I think the Nobels, especially in the arts, have lost their relevance, similar to the Michelin restaurant awards and the Oscars for film. We now know they're from a select group (of Norwegians in this case) with certain tastes no more noteworthy or transcendent than any of ours. The world has too much culture and achievement today to be marked by one group of awards like this per year. We have "Oscar bait," but I thi…
I enjoy Oscar bait films and Michelin star restaurants. Oscar bait film season (winter) is the main season I look forward to going to to the movies, not summer (blockbuster season). But it's not some attack on mainstream culture just because there are awards for niche/elite/artsy/etc culture. Similarly, just because the Nobel for literature goes to a niche literary author you don't know/like doesn't demean whatever y…
When was the last time an Oscar or a literature prize (Nobel but not only) has been awarded to something funny?
I think the Nobels, especially in the arts, have lost their relevance, similar to the Michelin restaurant awards and the Oscars for film. We now know they're from a select group (of Norwegians in this case) with certain tastes no more noteworthy or transcendent than any of ours. The world has too much culture and achievement today to be marked by one group of awards like this per year. We have "Oscar bait," but I thi…
> We now know they're from a select group (of Norwegians in this case) with certain tastes no more noteworthy or transcendent than any of ours. Only the nobel peace prize is handed out by Norway. What would you consider an example of nobel bait?
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Is there a better, and actually insightful quote from her that we should know about? Because this is the sort of writing you'd expect from an emo 6th grader, not a Nobel prize winner. "Life isn't fair, nothing lasts forever" isn't exactly genius level stuff.
>> "There is none of us whom life regards with any partiality." That means the opposite of "Life isn't fair". Partiality - unfair bias in favor of one thing or person compared with another; favoritism. She's written, in that quote, that life is fair.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
>> "There is none of us whom life regards with any partiality." That means the opposite of "Life isn't fair". Partiality - unfair bias in favor of one thing or person compared with another; favoritism. She's written, in that quote, that life is fair.
Life is inherently unfair because you don't get to choose the circumstances in which you are born. Sure, you can argue that after that point the universe doesn't give a crap about you, but the starting point matters more than anything else. That's why I regard her quote as surface level and childish.
Figure I'd pull an arbitrary quote from Han Kang for this. Translated obviously > “There is none of us whom life regards with any partiality. Sleet falls as she walks these streets, holding this knowledge inside her. Sleet that leaves cheeks and eyebrows heavy with moisture. Everything passes.” - Han Kang
Is there a better, and actually insightful quote from her that we should know about? Because this is the sort of writing you'd expect from an emo 6th grader, not a Nobel prize winner. "Life isn't fair, nothing lasts forever" isn't exactly genius level stuff.
EDIT: Actually Nobel Committee's bibliography does a good job on her works.
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/2024/bio-biblio...