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Human Acts
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ISBN10: 110190674X
ISBN13: 9781101906743
Publisher: Hogarth Press
Published: Oct 17 2017
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.45
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.10 Depth: 7.90
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781101906743
Publisher: Hogarth Press
Published: Oct 17 2017
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.45
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.10 Depth: 7.90
Language: English
FROM HAN KANG, WINNER OF THE 2024 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE [Han Kang's] intense poetic prose . . . confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.--The Nobel Committee for Literature, in the citation for the Nobel Prize The internationally bestselling author of The Vegetarian presents a rare and astonishing (The Observer) portrait of political unrest and the universal struggle for justice.
Compulsively readable, universally relevant, and deeply resonant . . . in equal parts beautiful and urgent.--The New York Times Book Review Shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award - One of the Best Books of the Year: The Atlantic, San Francisco Chronicle, NPR, HuffPost, Medium, Library Journal Amid a violent student uprising in South Korea, a young boy named Dong-ho is shockingly killed. The story of this tragic episode unfolds in a sequence of interconnected chapters as the victims and the bereaved encounter suppression, denial, and the echoing agony of the massacre. From Dong-ho's best friend who meets his own fateful end; to an editor struggling against censorship; to a prisoner and a factory worker, each suffering from traumatic memories; and to Dong-ho's own grief-stricken mother; and through their collective heartbreak and acts of hope is the tale of a brutalized people in search of a voice. An award-winning, controversial bestseller, Human Acts is a timeless, pointillist portrait of an historic event with reverberations still being felt today, by turns tracing the harsh reality of oppression and the resounding, extraordinary poetry of humanity.
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