Victoria's Book Review: Human Acts by Han Kang

Gwangju, South Korea, 1980. In the wake of a viciously suppressed student uprising, a boy searches for his friend's corpse, a consciousness searches for its abandoned body, and a brutalised country searches for a voice. In a sequence of interconnected chapters the victims and the bereaved encounter censorship, denial, forgiveness and the echoing agony of the original trauma. Human Acts is a universal book, utterly modern and profoundly timeless. Already a controversial bestseller and award-winning book in Korea, it confirms Han Kang as a writer of immense importance.

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I am Korean. Thank you for your kind reviewing of "Human Acts" by Han Kang.

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Undoubtedly the best review on RUclips. Thanks for that.

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Hi.You described all aspects of the book as well as the characters in the novel. Thanks many times❤

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''Han Kang'' Becomes the First Asian Woman to Win the Nobel Prize for Literature !~~🔥🔥🔥

[@jamesdakrn]

The line "After you died I couldn't hold a funeral, so my life became a funeral" still haunts me to this day. Especially in the original Korean "당신이 죽은뒤 장례식을 치르지 못해 내 삶이 장례식이 되었습니다"
As a bilingual I got to read both the original Korean and the English translation and man even as someone who is really familiar w/ the subject as my father's from Gwangju, it was a harrowing read

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Oh my goodness, how wonderful. Thank you so much for sharing.

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@@VictoriasBookReviewsand now she just won the Nobel Prize for Literature!!

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I discovered ‘vegetarian’ because of you. I absolutely loved it! I’m keen to read this now because I love her writing! Thank you!

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Liam Anthony that’s so great to hear!!

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great review!!! you always explain the strenghts and the flaws of the books so clearly!! consider me your fan!!!

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ana and books that’s such a kind thing for you to say. Thank you!

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Thank you so much for this! I’m so glad I found this as I was having a hard time understanding at first as I truly want to ready the book and know exactly what’s going on from the beginning. Again, thank you so much for this wonderful information & insight on this topic as well as the author. 🫶🏼

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I hope you enjoy the book, Blakeley. Much love x

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