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Human Acts

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Set in the aftermath of the 1980 Gwangju Uprising in South Korea, Human Acts follows the lives of ordinary people whose fates are forever changed by the massacre. Beginning with the perspective of Dong-ho, a fifteen-year-old boy volunteering to help identify bodies, the novel moves through interconnected voices—friends, family, survivors, and even the dead—each recounting personal experiences of violence, loss, and political oppression. Through these shifting narratives, Han Kang explores how trauma reverberates across decades, shaping memory and identity.

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Publisher

New York : Hogarth., 2016

Collation

226 p. ; 20 cm.

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9781101906743

Classification

F

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Subject(s)

Gwangju Uprising, Korea, 1980 -- Fiction

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Statement of Responsibility

Han Kang, translated by Deborah Smith

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