Name: Human Acts
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Author: Han Kang
ISBN: 9781101906743

Type

Physical Book

Author

Han Kang

Publisher

Hogarth Press

Year

2017

Language

English

Pages

240

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.1 x 13.0 x 2.0 cm

Weight

0.20 kg.

ISBN13

9781101906743

Edition No.

Synopsis "Human Acts "

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 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.

Han Kang

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Han Kang (Gwangju, South Korea, 1970), winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2024, began her literary career in 1993 with the publication of several poems in the magazine "Literature and Society"

The following year, she won the Seoul Shinmun Spring Literary Contest with her story "The Scarlet Anchor", marking her start in narrative. She is the author of The Vegetarian (Random House, 2024; International Booker Prize 2016), The Greek Lesson (Random House, 2023), Human Acts (Manhae Literature Prize in Korea and Malaparte Prize in Italy in 2017), White (finalist for the International Booker Prize 2018) and Impossible to Say Goodbye (Random House, 2024; Médicis Foreign Prize 2023)

The author has also received the Yi Sang Prize, the Young Artist of the Year Award, the 25th Korean Novel Prize, the Hwang Sun-won Literature Prize, and the Dong Ri Literature Prize. She worked as a professor in the Creative Writing department at the Seoul Institute of the Arts until 2018 and is currently dedicated full-time to writing. Her work has been published in more than thirty languages.

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Maria Ramos Paulo Saturday, March 20, 2021
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Llegó más rápido de lo esperado, me encantó la historia
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Dana Perez Lara Thursday, June 10, 2021
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Llego antes de lo esperado y en perfectas condiciones.
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Estefania Grajales Marin Wednesday, January 01, 2025
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Llegó en perfecto estado
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Alexandra Zamora Wednesday, February 26, 2025
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Este libro te transforma, es realmente inmersivo en un momento tan duro como una guerra contra el pueblo. Libro necesario en la vida y aún no lo termino
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Anonymous User Tuesday, June 24, 2025
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Definitely recommend it.
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