We Do Not Part: A Novel

We Do Not Part: A Novel by Han Kang, translated by E. Yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris

A journalist's photographer friend has a bad accident and is in the hospital in the city. The journalist goes to see her and is asked to travel back to her hometown near Jeju  help feed her birds. She tries to fulfil the request, but is caught in a big snow storm. She gets there and finds the bird dead - or is it? Much if the story is remembrances of things that happened in the past and how the small town got caught up the civil war and ideology. There were many people that suffered in various ways. I was even wondering if the story was told as a "post death" view after the characters had passed away. The story is of loyalty and uncovering the past woven beautifully together.