Human Acts: A Novel by Han Kang (WINNER OF THE 2024 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE)

The internationally bestselling author of The Vegetarian presents a “rare and astonishing” (The Observer) portrait of political unrest and the universal struggle for justice.

Gwangju, South Korea, 1980. Amid a violent student uprising a young boy named Dong-ho is killed. As his friend searches for Dong-ho's corpse, we also meet an editor struggling against censorship, a prisoner and a factory worker, each suffering from traumatic memories, and Dong-ho's grief-stricken mother. Through their collective heartbreak and acts of hope comes a tale of a brutalised people in search of a voice.

A modern classic, Human Acts has been both a controversial bestseller and an award-winning book in Korea, and it confirmed Han Kang as a writer of international importance.

Reviews

'Exquisite, painful and deeply courageous' Philippe Sands, Best Books of the Year, Guardian

'[Han Kang's] way of telling about the events of a 10-day insurgency in Gwangju, South Korea in 1980 and its psychological, spiritual and political aftermath opened my eyes' Susie Orbach, Best Books of the Year, Guardian

US Edition Product details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1101906111

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Random House Publishing Group; Reprint edition (August 23, 2016)

Language ‏ : ‎ English

Paperback ‏ : ‎ 208 pages

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781101906118

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1101906118

Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds

Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.17 x 0.57 x 7.98 inches