Human Acts Av Han (Y) Kang

<p><b>A riveting, poetic and powerful work from the author of the International Booker Prize-winning novel <i>The Vegetarian.</i></b><br><br><b>''Exquisite, painful and deeply courageous'' Philippe Sands, Best Books of the Year, <i>Guardian</i><br> </b><br>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. <br><br>A modern classic, <i>Human Acts</i> has been both a controversial bestseller and an award-winning book in Korea, and it confirmed Han Kang as a writer of international importance. <br><br><b>''[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, <i>Guardian</i></b></p>