Han Kang's uncle, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature, recently released a long letter to his nephew on his SNS,
The main focus is on criticizing Han Kang's work
, leading to a series of controversies from Internet users.
This is a letter posted by Pastor Han Choong-won, who is the pastor in charge of a church in Daejeon.
Referring to writer Han Seung-won, his brother and Han Kang's father, Pastor Han said, "I didn't know my nephew's contact information while I was completely cut off from my brother's family, so I sent an open letter," adding, "I'm releasing the letter with a sense of duty as a pastor."
Pastor Han then gave his opinion on Han Kang's work,
Regarding the representative work of
, 'The Vegetarian', he criticized, "It deserves enough criticism regarding obscenity and the controversy over youth harm," adding, "It is a work that I am afraid to recommend not only to adolescents but also to adults."
Regarding "The Boy Is Coming" and "The Story That Is Not Done," which are based on modern history, he said, "I evaluated the case only from one perspective," and pointed out, "Don't write works that seem to be pandering to the politician's teasing."
Internet users are reacting to the criticism of his nephew's decision to congratulate him on winning the Nobel Prize in Literature,
"I see why an author's family isolated," he criticized the open letter, saying, "Is the success of the family hungry?" and "I hope you listen to your uncle's advice."
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