Multiple views on Han Kang's Nobel Prize for literature

By Danton Remoto

Oct 26, 2024 12:07 am

'DID you know that Han Kang's 'The Vegetarian' is banned in some public libraries in South Korea because it may promote bad gender sensitivity in young people?'

Thus begins the post of Dr. Alex Taek-Gwang Lee, a professor of philosophy at Kyung Hee University in Korea. I first met Alex at the Critical Studies international conference held at Ateneo de Manila University in December 2019, with Dr. Lulu Torres Reyes as the angel behind the scene.

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