Human acts : a novel /
Follows the aftermath of a young boy's shocking death during a violent student uprising as told from the perspectives of the event's victims and their loved ones.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English, translated from the Korean. |
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New York :
Hogarth,
[2016]
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| Edition: | First U.S. edition. |
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| Summary: | Follows the aftermath of a young boy's shocking death during a violent student uprising as told from the perspectives of the event's victims and their loved ones. When a young boy named Dong-ho is shockingly killed in the midst of a violent student uprising in South Korea, the victims and the bereaved encounter suppression, denial, and the echoing agony of the massacre. Through their collective heartbreak and acts of hope unfolds the tale of a brutalized people in search of a voice. |
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| Item Description: | English translation of Korean title: Sonyŏn i onda ("The Boy is Coming"). "This translation originally published, in slightly different form, in Great Britain by Portobello Books, London"--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | 218 pages ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781101906729 1101906723 |