Human Acts

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Call Number: Fiction / Han, Kang, Adult Book / Fiction / General / Han, Kang
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch, Pittsfield Branch

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Fiction / Han, Kang	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Fiction / Han, Kang	4-week checkout	Due 04-30-2026
Malletts Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / General / Han, Kang	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Malletts Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / General / Han, Kang	4-week checkout	Due 04-29-2026
Pittsfield Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / General / Han, Kang	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Pittsfield Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / General / Han, Kang	4-week checkout	On Shelf

Follows 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.

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Searingly beautiful submitted by hotcheetokimbap on July 18, 2024, 12:59pm "Human Acts" is a fictionalized retelling of the Gwangju Uprising, which took place in May 1980 in South Korea. Han Kang zooms in on one particular victim, a young boy named Kang Dong-ho, and the people around him -- his mother, best friend, etc. Through their perspectives, Han Kang weaves a brutal, vivid tapestry of the uprising's events, as well as the enduring trauma endured by its survivors. Kang's prose is brutally beautiful. She pulls you in close and forces you to experience the whiplash of humanity's capacity for immense bravery and hideous violence.