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Human Acts

Author: Han Kang

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

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.

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  • Award Award Nobel
  • Number of pages Number of pages 224
  • Cover Cover Soft
  • Publisher Publisher Granta Books
Genre: Social
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    It seemed a bit hard to read to me, probably due to the difficulty of translating from Korean to English, but in the end it is clear why it won the Nobel Prize in Literature! I would suggest that before reading it, you look up the history of South Korea and specifically the years in which the novel takes place, because the book does not expect to explain any of it to you.

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    It seemed a bit hard to read to me, probably due to the difficulty of translating from Korean to English, but in the end it is clear why it won the Nobel Prize in Literature! I would suggest that before reading it, you look up the history of South Korea and specifically the years in which the novel takes place, because the book does not expect to explain any of it to you.

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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.

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Author
Han Kang
Publisher
Granta Books
Language
English
Type
Social
Cover
Soft
Number of Pages
224
Publication Date
2016
Dimensions
12x19 cm
ISBN-13
9781846275975

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    Poogity_Pooheh

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    It seemed a bit hard to read to me, probably due to the difficulty of translating from Korean to English, but in the end it is clear why it won the Nobel Prize in Literature! I would suggest that before reading it, you look up the history of South Korea and specifically the years in which the novel takes place, because the book does not expect to explain any of it to you.

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  • Poogity_Pooheh
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    Poogity_Pooheh

    It seemed a bit hard to read to me, probably due to the difficulty of translating from Korean to English, but in the end it is clear why it won the Nobel Prize in Literature! I would suggest that before reading it, you look up the history of South Korea and specifically the years in which the novel takes place, because the book does not expect to explain any of it to you.

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