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Human Acts
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Granta Books, January of 2025 ‧
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SYNOPSIS
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
'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
DETAILS
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| ISBN: | 9781803512037 |
| Publisher: | Granta Books |
| Release Date: | January of 2025 |
| Language: | English |
| Dimensions: | 129 x 198 x 20 mm |
| Cover: | Softcover |
| Pages: | 240 |
| Format: | Book |
| Categories: |
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Romance
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| EAN: | 9781803512037 |
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Han Kang
Prémio Nobel da Literatura 2024
Han Kang nasceu em Gwangju, na Coreia do Sul. Em 1994 começou a sua carreira de escritora vencendo o primeiro lugar de um concurso literário em Seul. A Vegetariana (2016), o seu primeiro romance publicado pela Dom Quixote, ganhou o Man Booker International Prize em 2016. Atos Humanos (2017) venceu o Prémio Manhae na Coreia do Sul e o Prémio Malaparte em Itália. A obra seguinte, O Livro Branco (2019), foi finalista do Man Booker International Prize 2018. Publicou ainda Lições de Grego (2023) e, em 2025, Despedidas Impossíveis, que venceu na edição francesa o Prémio Médicis 2023, na categoria de romance estrangeiro.
Han Kang recebeu igualmente os prémios literários Yi Sang, Jovens Criadores, Melhor Romance da Coreia, Hwang Sun-won e Dongri. E, «pela sua intensa prosa poética que confronta traumas históricos e expõe a fragilidade da vida humana», foi galardoada com o Prémio Nobel de Literatura em 2024.
Foi professora no Departamento de Escrita Criativa do Instituto das Artes de Seul e dedica-se atualmente apenas à escrita. Está publicada em mais de trinta línguas. Mora em Seul.
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