Actos Humanos / Human Acts - Paperback
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PREMIO NOBEL DE LITERATURA 2024
«Hay que leer la tremenda Actos humanos [...] Una mirada casi imperturbable hacia el horror, la sangre y la crueldad desplegada institucionalmente .
Elena Hevia, El Peridico
Mayo de 1980. La ciudad de Gwangju se moviliza contra la dictadura militar de Chun Doo-hwan, que hace unos meses tom el poder en Corea del Sur. La oposicin civil, liderada por los estudiantes universitarios, se subleva a favor de la democracia, pero el ejrcito reprime cruelmente las protestas disparando indiscriminadamente a la multitud, sin hacer distinciones entre estudiantes y civiles. Tras la sanguinaria matanza, un joven busca el cadver de un amigo, un alma intenta aferrarse a su cuerpo abandonado y a sus recuerdos, y un pas brutalizado busca su voz. En esta novela polifnica, las vctimas y los supervivientes que los lloran se enfrentan a la censura, a la negacin, al perdn, a la culpa y a la memoria de un episodio traumtico que sigue resonando en nuestros das. Han Kang, galardonada con el premio Nobel de Literatura «por su intensa prosa potica que confronta los traumas histricos y expone la fragilidad de la vida humana , homenajea a las vctimas de la masacre de su ciudad natal a travs de las voces de los mrtires de la dictadura surcoreana. Actos humanos es una novela brutal, profundamente atemporal y universal que nos habla de las heridas colectivas, la represin y la violencia humana. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION FROM HAN KANG, WINNER OF THE 2024 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE "[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 The internationally bestselling author of The Vegetarian presents a "rare and astonishing" (The Observer) portrait of political unrest and the universal struggle for justice. "Compulsively readable, universally relevant, and deeply resonant . . . in equal parts beautiful and urgent."--The New York Times Book Review Shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award - One of the Best Books of the Year: The Atlantic, San Francisco Chronicle, NPR, HuffPost, Medium, Library Journal Amid 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.
Actos Humanos / Human Acts - Paperback
MSRP$19.95 USD
«Hay que leer la tremenda Actos humanos [...] Una mirada casi imperturbable hacia el horror, la sangre y la crueldad desplegada institucionalmente .
Elena Hevia, El Peridico
Mayo de 1980. La ciudad de Gwangju se moviliza contra la dictadura militar de Chun Doo-hwan, que hace unos meses tom el poder en Corea del Sur. La oposicin civil, liderada por los estudiantes universitarios, se subleva a favor de la democracia, pero el ejrcito reprime cruelmente las protestas disparando indiscriminadamente a la multitud, sin hacer distinciones entre estudiantes y civiles. Tras la sanguinaria matanza, un joven busca el cadver de un amigo, un alma intenta aferrarse a su cuerpo abandonado y a sus recuerdos, y un pas brutalizado busca su voz. En esta novela polifnica, las vctimas y los supervivientes que los lloran se enfrentan a la censura, a la negacin, al perdn, a la culpa y a la memoria de un episodio traumtico que sigue resonando en nuestros das. Han Kang, galardonada con el premio Nobel de Literatura «por su intensa prosa potica que confronta los traumas histricos y expone la fragilidad de la vida humana , homenajea a las vctimas de la masacre de su ciudad natal a travs de las voces de los mrtires de la dictadura surcoreana. Actos humanos es una novela brutal, profundamente atemporal y universal que nos habla de las heridas colectivas, la represin y la violencia humana. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION FROM HAN KANG, WINNER OF THE 2024 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE "[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 The internationally bestselling author of The Vegetarian presents a "rare and astonishing" (The Observer) portrait of political unrest and the universal struggle for justice. "Compulsively readable, universally relevant, and deeply resonant . . . in equal parts beautiful and urgent."--The New York Times Book Review Shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award - One of the Best Books of the Year: The Atlantic, San Francisco Chronicle, NPR, HuffPost, Medium, Library Journal Amid 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.
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