It is the first time that the photo of authors illustrating the cover of La Vanguardia on Sant Jordi’s day features a Nobel Prize in Literature winner. And, logically, a place of honor is reserved for her, right on the first sofas that the Alma hotel has arranged on its rooftop. Han Kang arrives with time. She looks happy. She is visibly grateful to be meeting with barely thirty people, instead of the 700 who crowded the CCCB the day before, waiting to see her appear. She is a sensitive thinker. Crowds overwhelm her. But here, the views of the Sagrada Família in the background, with the cross already crowning the tower of Jesus, seem to have a calming effect. This, and the presence of Xavi Ayén, the man who whispered to the Nobels and who, since interviewing her a few days ago in London, seems to be her confidant.