Verlag | Granta Books |
Auflage | 2016 |
Seiten | 224 |
Format | 16,6 x 19,8 x 1,5 cm |
Gewicht | 176 g |
Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
Übersetzer | Deborah Smith |
ISBN-10 | 1846275970 |
EAN | 9781846275975 |
Bestell-Nr | 84627597UA |
A riveting, poetic and unrelentingly powerful work from the author of the highly acclaimed novel The Vegetarian
Gwangju, South Korea, 1980. In the wake of a viciously suppressed student uprising, a boy searches for his friend's corpse, a consciousness searches for its abandoned body, and a brutalised country searches for a voice. In a sequence of interconnected chapters the victims and the bereaved encounter censorship, denial, forgiveness and the echoing agony of the original trauma.
Human Acts is a universal book, utterly modern and profoundly timeless. Already a controversial bestseller and award-winning book in Korea, it confirms Han Kang as a writer of immense importance.