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"Human Acts" by Han Kang, Deborah Smith (translation), published by Crown/Archetype. From the internationally bestselling author of THE VEGETARIAN, a ''rare & astonishing'' (The Observer) portrait of political unrest & the universal struggle for justice 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 & the bereaved encounter suppression, denial, & 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 & a factory worker, each suffering from traumatic memories; & to Dong-ho's own grief-stricken mother; & through their collective heartbreak & 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,...Han Kang is a South Korean writer. She studied Korean literature at Yonsei University & her writing has won the Yi Sang Literary Prize, the Today’s Young Artist Award, & the Korean Literature Novel Award. She is also the author of Human Acts & The White Book. The Vegetarian is her first novel to be translated into English.Deborah Smith’s literary translations from the Korean include two novels by Han Kang (The Vegetarian & Human Acts), & two by Bae Suah (A Greater Music & Recitation). She also recently founded Tilted Axis Press to bring more works from Africa, Asia, & the Middle East into English. Book details: published 2017. Order now on BookShops.in with fast, reliable delivery across India.