EAN: 9781101906743

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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. Shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award Amazon 100 Best Books of 2017 The Atlantic "The Best Books We Read in 2017" San Francisco Chronicle "Best of 2017: 100 Recommended Books" NPR Book Concierge 2017's Great Reads Library Journal "Best Books of 2017" Huffington Post "Best Fiction Books of 2017" Medium Kong Tsung-gan's "Best Human Rights Books of 2017"

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