About this episode

The episode explores the impact of Korean literature on global popularity through the works of Han Kang.

In our continued investigation of Korea's chokehold on global popularity, we discuss two novels by Nobel Prize winning Korean author Han Kang: THE VEGETARIAN + HUMAN ACTS. For the full episode, please join us on patreon.com/imsopopular where you will find hundreds of hours of exclusive paywalled episodes, the SIRENS bonus show, access to the Discord and more.

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