HUMAN ACTS : a novel / Han Kang ; translated from the Korean and introduced by Deborah Smith.
Language: English Publication details: London Portbello Books 2014/01/01Edition: 1Description: 224ISBN:- 9781846275968
- 1846275962
- Sonyŏn i onda. English
- F HAN/HU
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Lending | Ernakulam Public Library Fiction | Fiction | F HAN/HU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | E186419 |
The book was originally published as "Sonyŏn i onda" in 2014 by Changbi Publishers, Inc.
Gwangju, South Korea, 1980. In the wake of a viciously suppressed student uprising, a boy searches for his friend's corpse, a consciousness searches for its abandoned body, and a brutalised country searches for a voice. In a sequence of interconnected chapters the victims and the bereaved encounter censorship, denial, forgiveness and the echoing agony of the original trauma.
Human Acts is a universal book, utterly modern and profoundly timeless. Already a controversial bestseller and award-winning book in Korea, it confirms Han Kang as a writer of immense importance.
Translated from the Korean.
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