Human acts : a novel / Han Kang ; translated from the Korean and introduced by Deborah Smith.
Material type:
TextLanguage: English Original language: Korean Publisher: New York : Hogarth, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Edition: First U.S. editionDescription: 218 pages ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781101906729
- 1101906723
- Sonyŏn i onda. English
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
From the internationally bestselling author of The Vegetarian , a "rare and astonishing" ( The Observer ) portrait of political unrest and the universal struggle for justice.
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 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.
Shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award
Amazon, 100 Best Books of 2017
The Atlantic , "The Best Books We Read in 2017"
San Francisco Chronicle , "Best of 2017: 100 Recommended Books"
NPR Book Concierge, 2017's Great Reads
Library Journal , " Best Books of 2017"
Huffington Post , "Best Fiction Books of 2017"
Medium , Kong Tsung-gan's "Best Human Rights Books of 2017"
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.