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Human Acts
Human Acts
Han Kang
ISBN: 9781101906743
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Author: Han Kang (Author), Deborah Smith (Translator)
ISBN: 9781101906743
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Hogarth
FROM HAN KANG, WINNER OF THE 2024 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE
A riveting, poetic and powerful work from the author of the International Booker Prize-winning novel The Vegetarian.
'Exquisite, painful and deeply courageous' Philippe Sands, Best Books of the Year, Guardian
Gwangju, South Korea, 1980. Amid a violent student uprising a young boy named Dong-ho is killed. As his friend searches for Dong-ho's corpse, we also meet an editor struggling against censorship, a prisoner and a factory worker, each suffering from traumatic memories, and Dong-ho's grief-stricken mother. Through their collective heartbreak and acts of hope comes a tale of a brutalised people in search of a voice.
A modern classic, Human Acts has been both a controversial bestseller and an award-winning book in Korea, and it confirmed Han Kang as a writer of international importance.
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ISBN: 9781101906743
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Hogarth
FROM HAN KANG, WINNER OF THE 2024 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE
A riveting, poetic and powerful work from the author of the International Booker Prize-winning novel The Vegetarian.
'Exquisite, painful and deeply courageous' Philippe Sands, Best Books of the Year, Guardian
Gwangju, South Korea, 1980. Amid a violent student uprising a young boy named Dong-ho is killed. As his friend searches for Dong-ho's corpse, we also meet an editor struggling against censorship, a prisoner and a factory worker, each suffering from traumatic memories, and Dong-ho's grief-stricken mother. Through their collective heartbreak and acts of hope comes a tale of a brutalised people in search of a voice.
A modern classic, Human Acts has been both a controversial bestseller and an award-winning book in Korea, and it confirmed Han Kang as a writer of international importance.
