Human Acts -- Han Kang, Paperback
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.
Author: Han Kang
Publisher: Hogarth Press
Published: 10/17/2017
Pages: 24
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.9" H x 5.1" L x 0.8" W
ISBN: 9781101906743
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