Human Acts
Human Acts | By Han Kang | Translated by Deborah Smith
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.
Human Acts | By Han Kang | Translated by Deborah Smith
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.
Human Acts | By Han Kang | Translated by Deborah Smith
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.
