“The Boy is Coming” Ranks No. 1 for 6 Consecutive Weeks…Includes 6 to 7 Books,
Han Kang Receiving Applause… Nobel Literature Prize Winner – Han Kang, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature, holds the Nobel diploma and medal at the 2024 Nobel Prize Ceremony held at the Stockholm Concert Hall in Sweden on the 10th (local time). 2024.12.11/News1,
,
, “With the Nobel Literature Prize win on the 10th, readers’ attention has refocused on Han Kang’s works.”,
,
, “According to the bestseller rankings for the first week of December announced by Kyobo Bookstore on the 13th, Han Kang’s works occupied the top four positions. The novel ‘The Boy is Coming,’ which deals with the Gwangju Uprising, has maintained the number one spot for six consecutive weeks. ‘The Vegetarian’, ‘Not Saying Goodbye’, and the ‘Han Kang Special Edition’ (a set of 3 books) ranked 2nd to 4th.”,
,
, ” MobileAdNew center “, “Han Kang’s novel ‘White’ ranked 8th, and the poetry collection ‘I Put Dinner in the Drawer’ was 9th, making a total of six of her works in the top 10 bestsellers.”,
,
, “The interest, which began with the announcement in October of Han Kang as a Nobel laureate, intensified this week with news of the award ceremony. Particularly, ‘The Boy is Coming’ saw a 72% increase in sales compared to the same period last week.”,
,
, “Similarly, at another online bookstore, ‘Aladin,’ 7 out of the top 10 bestsellers were Han Kang’s books, and at ‘Yes24,’ the sales of Han Kang’s books increased by 90.9% compared to the previous week.\n”