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In the midst of a violent student uprising in South Korea, a young boy named Dong-ho is shockingly killed.
The story of this tragic episode unfolds in a sequence of interconnected chapters as the victims and the bereaved encounter suppression, denial, and the echoing agony of the massacre. From Dong-ho’s best friend who meets his own fateful end; to an editor struggling against censorship; to a prisoner and a factory worker, each suffering from traumatic memories; and to Dong-ho's own grief-stricken mother; and through their collective heartbreak and acts of hope is the tale of a brutalized people in search of a voice.
An award-winning, controversial bestseller, Human Acts is a timeless, pointillist portrait of an historic event with reverberations still being felt today, by turns tracing the harsh reality of oppression and the resounding, extraordinary poetry of humanity.
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Democratization, Politics and government, Fiction, History, Kwangju Uprising, Kwangju-si, Korea, 1980, Korea, fiction, Fiction, psychological, Fiction, cultural heritage, Démocratisation, Romans, nouvelles, Histoire, Cultural Heritage, Literary, Psychological, Cruelty, Social aspects, Interpersonal relations, Violence, Democracy, Kwangju Uprising (Kwangju-si, Korea : 1980) fast, FICTION / Cultural Heritage, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Psychological, Kwangju Uprising (Kwangju-si, Korea : 1980) fast (OCoLC)fst00989534Showing 8 featured editions. View all 8 editions?
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