{"product_id":"human-acts-9781101906743","title":"Human Acts","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFROM HAN KANG, WINNER OF THE 2024 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e?[Han Kang?s] intense poetic prose . . . confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.??The Nobel Committee for Literature, in the citation for the Nobel Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe internationally bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Vegetarian\u003c\/i\u003e presentsa ?rare and astonishing? (\u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e) portrait of political unrest and the universal struggle for justice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e?Compulsively readable, universally relevant, and deeply resonant . . . in equal parts beautiful and urgent.??\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award ?One of the Best Books of the Year: \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic, San Francisco Chronicle, \u003c\/i\u003eNPR, \u003ci\u003eHuffPost, Medium, Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmid a violent student uprising in South Korea, a young boy named Dong-ho is shockingly killed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe story of this tragic episodeunfolds 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn award-winning, controversial bestseller, \u003ci\u003eHuman Acts\u003c\/i\u003e 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.","brand":"Hogarth Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406798922071,"sku":"9781101906743","price":9.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781101906743.jpg?v=1730497152","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/human-acts-9781101906743","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}