Human acts a novel

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 peop...

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Main Author: Han, Kang, 1970- (Author)
Other Authors: Smith, Deborah, 1987- (Translator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Korean
Published: New York : Hogarth, [2016]
Edition:First U.S. edition.
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520 |a 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. 
546 |a In English, translated from the Korean. 
650 0 |a Democratization  |z Korea (South)  |x History  |y 20th century  |v Fiction. 
651 0 |a Korea (South)  |x Politics and government  |y 1960-  |v Fiction. 
655 7 |a Political fiction  |z Korea (South). 
655 7 |a Historical fiction  |z Korea (South). 
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