{"product_id":"human-acts-a-novel","title":"Human Acts : A Novel","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"textMedium\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pve_contributor  title_Author accFont\" title=\"Han Kang, Deborah Smith (Translated by)\"\u003eHan Kang, Deborah Smith (Translated by)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBACKLIST\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e|\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"This title may not be sold to consumers before the stated date.\"\u003eOn Sale Date: October 17, 2017\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan class=\"pve_format\"\u003eTrade Paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pve_categories\"\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"categories expand\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eFiction \/ Literary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.edelweiss.plus\/#\" class=\"toggle icon-drop-up-icon-01\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFiction \/ Cultural Heritage\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFiction \/ Psychological\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"textMedium\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e240 pages\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pve_measure\"\u003e20.3 cm H | 13.2 cm W | 1.5 cm T | 198.7 g Wt\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pve_measure\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pve_measure\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFROM HAN KANG, WINNER OF THE 2024 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“[Han Kang’s] intense poetic prose . . . confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.”—The Nobel Committee for Literature, in the citation for the Nobel Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe internationally bestselling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Vegetarian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epresents a “rare and astonishing” (\u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e) portrait of political unrest and the universal struggle for justice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Compulsively readable, universally relevant, and deeply resonant . . . in equal parts beautiful and urgent.”—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award • One of the Best Books of the Year:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic, San Francisco Chronicle,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eNPR,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHuffPost, Medium, Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAmid a violent student uprising in South Korea, a young boy named Dong-ho is shockingly killed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn award-winning, controversial bestseller, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHuman Acts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hogarth","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50796229656873,"sku":"9781101906743","price":378.0,"currency_code":"MXN","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0739\/9420\/7529\/files\/9781101906743_9ab5e.jpg?v=1755295789","url":"https:\/\/www.bookup.com.mx\/products\/human-acts-a-novel","provider":"BOOKUPMX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}