Nobel Prize for Literature 2024. Han Kang's major new novel, 'Impossible Farewell,' tells the story of a friendship between two women and simultaneously sheds light on a chapter of Korean history that has been suppressed for decades. One morning, Inseon calls her friend Gyeongha to her hospital in Seoul. She has had an accident and asks Gyeongha to come to her home on Jeju Island because her little white bird will die if no one feeds it. As Gyeongha arrives on the island, a blizzard hits. The journey to Inseon's house becomes a fight for survival against the cold, which penetrates her deeper with every step. Little does she know what awaits her there: the buried history of Inseon's family, inextricably linked to a long-suppressed chapter of Korean history. Han Kang's new novel is an ode to friendship and remembrance, a story of profound love in the face of unspeakable violence—and a celebration of life, however fragile it may be. New product