Human Acts : Winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature by Han Kang

A Riveting, Poetic And Powerful Work From The Author Of The International Booker Prize-Winning Novel The Vegetarian. Exquisite, Painful And Deeply Courageous Philippe Sands, Best Books Of The Year, Guardian 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. [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