From the internationally bestselling author of The Vegetarian , a rare and astonishing ( The Observer ) portrait of political unrest and the universal struggle for justice.
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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.
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.
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.
In the midst of a violent student uprising in South Korea, a young boy named Dong-ho is shockingly killed.
From the internationally bestselling author of The Vegetarian , a rare and astonishing ( The Observer ) portrait of political unrest and the universal struggle for justice
