For Park Min-ha, 28, reading has always been a hobby. But in the wake of Han Kang’s historic Nobel Prize in literature win last year, her interest has deepened. Lately, she has adopted a new habit: ...

I sit by an aeroplane window, surrounded by stacks of handwritten transcripts, each written in its distinctive style - loopy, scrawled, precise. Eight hours stretch ahead, free from the distractions ...