{"product_id":"human-acts","title":"Human Acts","description":"FROM 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 The Vegetarian presents a ?rare and astonishing? (The Observer) portrait of political unrest and the universal struggle for justice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e?Compulsively readable, universally relevant, and deeply resonant . . . in equal parts beautiful and urgent.??The New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmid a violent student uprising in South Korea, a young boy named Dong-ho is shockingly killed.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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.","brand":"Random House Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51456092733787,"sku":"9781101906743","price":18.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0048\/8207\/1652\/files\/9781101906743_1-human-acts.jpg?v=1759554321","url":"https:\/\/suomalainen-test.myshopify.com\/products\/human-acts","provider":"Suomalainen Test","version":"1.0","type":"link"}