Han Kang Nobel prize lecture book sells 10,000 copies in first day online in South Korea

‘Each time I work on a novel, I endure the questions, I live inside them’ … Han Kang. Photograph: IBL/Shutterstock

A book featuring Han Kang’s Nobel prize lecture sold 10,000 copies in its first day on sale online.

Light and Thread, which takes its title from Han’s December lecture, is her first book to be published in South Korea since she was announced as the winner of the Nobel prize in literature last October.