Notes From Your Bookseller Powerful, compelling and unnerving, this is a staggering take on the Gwangju Uprising from an acclaimed author. From the internationally bestselling author of The Vegetarian, 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 JournalAmid 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.Human Acts: A Novel: 9781101906729: Kang, Han: Books A haunting account of sustained brutality towards essentially defenseless dissenters in a modern democracy. An incredible, apparently true, shocking, CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Human Acts Human acts are imputable to man so as to involve his responsibility, for the very reason that he puts them forth deliberatively and with self-determination. Human Acts by Han Kang Plot Summary The story shifts perspective, and now Jeong-dae, recently murdered, is narrating from beyond the grave. To his horror, Jeong-dae's body has been taken to a Human Acts by Han Kang: 9781101906743 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 Human Acts Human Acts is a South Korean novel written by Han Kang. The novel draws upon the democratization uprising that occurred on May 18, 1980, in Gwangju, Korea. Human Act: Home What is Human Act? Human Act is an independent foundation (NGO), based in Copenhagen, working with partners nationally and internationally to create awareness