Human acts / Han Kang ; translated from the Korean and introduced by Deborah Smith.
By: Han, Kang
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Contributor(s): Smith, Deborah. Translator and Introduction.
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BookPlace of publication: New YorkPublisher: HogarthDate of publication: 2016Edition: First U.S. paperback edition.Description: 226 pages : 13 cm.ISBN: 9781101906743.Subject(s): Democratization -- South Korea -- History -- 20th Century -- Fiction | South Korea -- Politics and government -- 1960 -- Fiction | Political fictionDDC classification: F H233 2016 HUM
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In the midst of 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 sup[pression, 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, their collective heartbreak and acts of hope tell the tale of a brutalized people in search of a voice.
An award-winning, controversial bestseller, Human Acts is a timeless, pointillist portrait of a historic event with reverberations still being felt today by turns tracing the harsh reality of oppression and the resounding, extraordinary poetry of humanity.
- From the back cover
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