{"product_id":"human-acts-a-novel","title":"Human Acts: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eFROM HAN KANG, WINNER OF THE 2024 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe internationally bestselling author of  The Vegetarian  presents a “rare and astonishing” ( The Observer ) portrait of political unrest and the universal struggle for justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“Compulsively readable, universally relevant, and deeply resonant . . . in equal parts beautiful and urgent.”— The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award • One of the Best Books of the Year:  The Atlantic, San Francisco Chronicle,  NPR,  HuffPost, Medium, Library Journal\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAmid a violent student uprising in South Korea, a young boy named Dong-ho is shockingly killed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn award-winning, controversial bestseller,  Human Acts  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\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":54359844422000,"sku":"A2830","price":10.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1009\/8543\/8576\/files\/ebook_2023_e21d179153.jpg?v=1790156040","url":"https:\/\/antbook.store\/en-ca\/products\/human-acts-a-novel","provider":"ANTBOOK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}