소년이 온다
About this book
In the midst of a violent student uprising in South Korea, a young boy named Dong-ho is shockingly killed.
The 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.
An 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.
Subjects
- adult
- asian literature
- contemporary
- cruelty
- cultural heritage
- democracy
- démocratisation
- democratization
- fiction
- fiction / cultural heritage
- fiction, cultural heritage
- fiction / literary
- fiction / psychological
- fiction, psychological
- histoire
- historical
- historical fiction
- history
- interpersonal relations
- korea, fiction
- kwangju uprising, kwangju-si, korea, 1980
- kwangju uprising (kwangju-si, korea : 1980) fast
- kwangju uprising (kwangju-si, korea : 1980) fast (ocolc)fst00989534
- literary
- literary fiction
- novels
- politics and government
- psychological
- romans, nouvelles
- social aspects
- violence