{"product_id":"human-acts","title":"Human Acts","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA riveting, poetic and powerful work from the author of the International Booker Prize-winning novel\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Vegetarian.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Exquisite, painful and deeply courageous' Philippe Sands, Best Books of the Year,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eGuardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHuman Acts\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e has been both a controversial bestseller and an award-winning book in Korea, and it confirmed Han Kang as a writer of international importance. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'[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,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eGuardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Granta Faber","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ New","offer_id":51617793638680,"sku":null,"price":351.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0969\/1758\/6200\/files\/71cxeC0TK4L.jpg?v=1769680910","url":"https:\/\/lumen-bookshop.myshopify.com\/products\/human-acts","provider":"Lumen Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}