Full name: Human Acts: A Novel

Author: Han Kang Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Amazon Amazon Goodreads ISBNs: 9781101906729 9781101906743 1101906723 110190674X

From the internationally bestselling author of The Vegetarian, a rare and astonishing (The Observer) portrait of political unrest and the universal struggle for justice.In the midst of 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. Similar books: I'll Be Right There by Kyung-Sook Shin Vindication by Frances Sherwood In the Distance by Hernan Diaz Invitation to a Bonfire by Adrienne Celt The Hundred-Year House by Rebecca Makkai The Rich Are Different by Susan Howatch Legacy by James A. Michener Midwinter by John Buchan Dewey Defeats Truman by Thomas Mallon The Rifles by William T. Vollmann My Heart Laid Bare by Joyce Carol Oates A Moment in the Sun by John Sayles The Anatomist by Federico Andahazi The Vegetarian by Han Kang The Ice-Shirt by William T. Vollmann