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010 $a2016002979
020 $a9781101906729 (hbk.) :$cNT$770
040 $aTWTNM$beng$dTWTNM
041 1 $aeng$hkor
050 00$aPL992.26.K36$bS6613 2016
082 04$a895.735$222
100 1 $aHan, Kang,$d1970-$eauthor.
245 10$aHuman acts :$ba novel /$cHan Kang ; translated from the Korean and introduced by Deborah Smith.
250 $aFirst U.S. edition.
260 $aNew York :$bHogarth,$c[2016].
300 $a218 p. ;$c22 cm.
520 $aFollows 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.
520 $aWhen 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.
546 $aIn English, translated from the Korean.
650 0$aDemocratization$zKorea (South)$xHistory$y20th century$vFiction.
651 0$aKorea (South)$xPolitics and government$y1960-$vFiction.
700 1 $aSmith, Deborah,$d1987-$etranslator.