Human acts : a novel
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Published
New York : Hogarth, [2016].
Format
Book
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Status
Port Angeles - Fiction (Adult)
HAN Kang
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Published
New York : Hogarth, [2016].
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
218 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English

Notes

General Note
English translation of Korean title: Sonyŏn i onda ("The Boy is Coming").
General Note
"This translation originally published, in slightly different form, in Great Britain by Portobello Books, London"--Title page verso.
Description
When a young boy named Dong-ho is shockingly killed in the midst of a violent student uprising in South Korea, the victims and the bereaved encounter suppression, denial, and the echoing agony of the massacre. Through their collective heartbreak and acts of hope unfolds the tale of a brutalized people in search of a voice.
Language
In English, translated from the Korean.