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Han Kang: Human Acts

Gwangju, South Korea, 1980. Amid a violent student uprising a young boy named Dong-ho is killed.
ISBN: 9781846275975
Author: Han Kang
Page: 224
Binding: Soft cover
Publication date: 2016
Format: Book
Publisher: GRANTA
Language: English

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Price: 4 290 Ft

Stock: 1-10 copies

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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 actsof 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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