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Han, Kang,
1970-
Sonyŏn i onda
English.
Human acts :
a novel /
Han Kang ; translated from the Korean and introduced by Deborah Smith.
First U.S. paperback edition.
New York :
Hogarth,
[2016]
226 pages ;
22 cm.
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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.
20230713.
In English, translated from the Korean.
Democratization
Korea (South)
History
20th century
Fiction.
Korea (South)
Politics and government
1960-
Fiction.
Political fiction.
Historical fiction.
Smith, Deborah,
1987-