Human acts : a novel /
Han, Kang, 1970-
Human acts : a novel / Han Kang ; translated from the Korean and introduced by Deborah Smith. - First U.S. edition. - 218 pages ; 22 cm
English translation of Korean title: Sonyŏn i onda ("The Boy is Coming"). "This translation originally published, in slightly different form, in Great Britain by Portobello Books, London"--Title page verso.
Follows the aftermath of a young boy's shocking death during a violent student uprising as told from the perspectives of the event's victims and their loved ones. When a young boy named Dong-ho is shockingly killed in the midst of a violent student uprising in South Korea, the victims and the bereaved encounter suppression, denial, and the echoing agony of the massacre. Through their collective heartbreak and acts of hope unfolds the tale of a brutalized people in search of a voice.
In English, translated from the Korean.
9781101906729 1101906723
2016002979
Democratization--History--Korea (South)--20th century--Fiction.
Korea (South)--Politics and government--1960---Fiction.
Political fiction.
Historical fiction.
Human acts : a novel / Han Kang ; translated from the Korean and introduced by Deborah Smith. - First U.S. edition. - 218 pages ; 22 cm
English translation of Korean title: Sonyŏn i onda ("The Boy is Coming"). "This translation originally published, in slightly different form, in Great Britain by Portobello Books, London"--Title page verso.
Follows the aftermath of a young boy's shocking death during a violent student uprising as told from the perspectives of the event's victims and their loved ones. When a young boy named Dong-ho is shockingly killed in the midst of a violent student uprising in South Korea, the victims and the bereaved encounter suppression, denial, and the echoing agony of the massacre. Through their collective heartbreak and acts of hope unfolds the tale of a brutalized people in search of a voice.
In English, translated from the Korean.
9781101906729 1101906723
2016002979
Democratization--History--Korea (South)--20th century--Fiction.
Korea (South)--Politics and government--1960---Fiction.
Political fiction.
Historical fiction.