A book featuring Han Kang’s Nobel Prize lecture, titled *Light and Thread*, sold 10,000 copies within its first day online, marking her first publication in South Korea since winning the Nobel Prize in Literature last October. The 172-page book includes her Nobel lecture, banquet speech, five poems, and unpublished essays, reflecting her writing process and themes. A version in English is set for publication, while sales data indicates a significant female readership, with 73.3% of buyers being women, according to online retailers like Yes24 and Aladin.
