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Human acts : a novel / Han Kang ; translated from the Korean and introduced by Deborah Smith.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Korean Publisher: New York : Hogarth, [2016]Edition: First U.S. editionDescription: 218 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781101906729 (hardcover)
  • 1101906723 (hardcover)
Uniform titles:
  • Sonyŏn i onda. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • PL992.26.K36 S6613 2016
Summary: 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.Summary: 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.
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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.

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