Human Acts

Description:

In the midst of a violent student uprising in South Korea, a young boy named Dong-ho is shockingly killed. 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. 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. 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.

subjects: Democratization,  Politics and government,  Fiction,  History,  Kwangju Uprising, Kwangju-si, Korea, 1980,  Korea, fiction,  Fiction, psychological,  Fiction, cultural heritage,  Démocratisation,  Romans, nouvelles,  Histoire,  Cultural Heritage,  Literary,  Psychological,  Cruelty,  Social aspects,  Interpersonal relations,  Violence,  Democracy,  Kwangju Uprising (Kwangju-si, Korea : 1980) fast,  FICTION / Cultural Heritage,  FICTION / Literary,  FICTION / Psychological,  Kwangju Uprising (Kwangju-si, Korea : 1980) fast (OCoLC)fst00989534