Nobel Prize in Literature Winner 2024 – Han Kang

South Korean author Han Kang took the Nobel Prize in literature this year for her “intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life,” according the Swedish Academy. For more information, check out the Nobel Prize website.

Books by Han Kang in the TBP Collection:

GREEK LESSONS (DB 114737)
Original Date: 2023
HUMAN ACTS (DB 87312)
Original Date: 2017
VEGETARIAN (DB 83452, español DBG 19990)
Original Date: 2016
WHITE BOOK (DB 94272)
Original Date: 2019

Gabriel García Márquez

Although the famed Colombian novelist died a decade ago, he has recently been in the news. His sons, Rodrigo and Gonzalo Garcia, have decided to publish his last unfinished novel—against his wishes. His sons explain that their father found his own writing to be nonsensical only because he was suffering from dementia at that point. However, they have read the book and believe that even though it is unfinished it still makes sense and is very moving. They think it is worthy of publication and should be shared with the world.

On the other hand, fellow Nobel laureate Salman Rushdie disagrees. He is concerned that the new book might not live up to the rest of Garcia Márquez’s body of work and could tarnish his legacy. He believes that Garcia Márquez’s sons should honor their father’s wishes in this matter.

What are your thoughts? Do you agree with Rodrigo and Gonzalo Garcia? Or do you agree with Mr. Rushdie that Garcia Márquez’s unfinished book should not be published?

The book, EN AGOSTO NOS VEMOS or UNTIL AUGUST, in English, was released on March 6. The English version was published on March 12.

The National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS) has not added this book to the collection yet. Generally, we are six to nine months behind the publishing schedule. So, while we all wait, here is a list of García Márquez’s books in our collection. We’ve listed those titles in both Spanish and English Language. We also have 100 YEARS OF SOLITUDE, as well as a few more of his books in Italian, French, and Vietnamese. Let us know if you’re interested in reading his books in those languages, and we can hook you up.  

En Espanol

AMOR EN LOS TIEMPOS DEL COLERA (DB 43969)
CIEN ANOS DE SOLEDAD (DB 60988)
CRONICA DE UNA MUERTE ANUNCIADA (DB 56964)
DEL AMOR Y OTROS DEMONIOS (DB 43952)
FUNERALES DE LA MAMA GRANDE (DB 72990)
GENERAL EN SU LABERINTO (DB 56982)
INCREIBLE Y TRISTE HISTORIA … (DB 14890)
MALA HORA (DBG 17410)
MEMORIA DE MIS PUTAS TRISTES (DB 58968)
NOTICIA DE UN SECUESTRO (DBG 18205)
OLOR DE LA GUAYABA: CONVERSACIONES CON PLINIO APULEYO MENDOZA (DB 81974)
OTONO DEL PATRIARCA (DB 72957)
VIVIR PARA CONTARLA (DB 54963)
YO NO VENGO A DECIR UN DISCURSO (DB 71000)

English

AUTUMN OF THE PATRIARCH (DB 21157)
CHRONICLE OF A DEATH FORETOLD (DB 19217, French DBG 10800)
CLANDESTINE IN CHILE (DB 26557)
COLLECTED NOVELLAS (DB 34384)
COLLECTED STORIES (DB 22862)
GENERAL IN HIS LABYRINTH (DB 32309)
LIVING TO TELL THE TALE (DB 57362)
LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA (DB 26981)
MEMORIES OF MY MELANCHOLY WHORES (DB 61195)
NEWS OF A KIDNAPPING (DB 44812)
OF LOVE AND OTHER DEMONS (DB 40555)
ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE (BT 13348, DB 25181, DB 59490, LB 11710)
STORY OF A SHIPWRECKED SAILOR: WHO DRIFTED ON A LIFE RAFT FOR TEN DAYS WITHOUT FOOD OR WATER, WAS PROCLAIMED A NATIONAL HERO, KISSED BY BEAUTY QUEENS, MADE RICH THROUGH PUBLICITY, AND THEN SPURNED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND FORGOTTEN FOR ALL TIME (BR 06470)
STRANGE PILGRIMS: TWELVE STORIES (DB 37754)