Human Acts - Han Kang

Brand: Granta Books | Status: Còn hàng

350.000₫

"There is no other words than Masterpiece for this book. Han Kang is now my absolute favourite author and I can't help but wait excitingly for her next book. This book is a sharp take on one of the most bloody event in the the political history of South Korea. The time when the country was under Military Rule. A must read for everyone. It makes you feel things as humans. It makes you human again." - Amazon Customer Reviews

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WINNER OF THE 2024 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE A riveting, poetic and powerful work from the author of the International Booker Prize-winning novel The Vegetarian. 'Exquisite, painful and deeply courageous' Philippe Sands, Best Books of the Year, Guardian Gwangju, South Korea, 1980. Amid a violent student uprising a young boy named Dong-ho is killed. As his friend searches for Dong-ho's corpse, we also meet an editor struggling against censorship, a prisoner and a factory worker, each suffering from traumatic memories, and Dong-ho's grief-stricken mother. Through their collective heartbreak and acts of hope comes a tale of a brutalised people in search of a voice. A modern classic, Human Acts has been both a controversial bestseller and an award-winning book in Korea, and it confirmed Han Kang as a writer of international importance. '[Han Kang's] way of telling about the events of a 10-day insurgency in Gwangju, South Korea in 1980 and its psychological, spiritual and political aftermath opened my eyes' Susie Orbach, Best Books of the Year, Guardian