Queues of customers spilled out of South Korea's bookshops yesterday and online stores crashed as readers tried to get their hands on the work of the new Nobel prize winner, Han Kang.
I was very surprised when I was first told the news of the award. When the phone call ended, I slowly regained my sense of reality and started to feel emotional, Han said.
Han Kang is a brilliant novelist who reflects our modern condition with courage, imagination, and intelligence, said the Korean-American author of Pachinko, Min Jin Lee.
Nine of the Top 10 bestsellers listed on the Kyobo site are Han's works. The top seller, The Vegetarian - her 2007 novel - has climbed more than 350 places.
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