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Vegetarian' author Han Kang back in English with the devastating ‘Human Acts'

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Article
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/books/sc-human-acts-han-kang-books-0201-20170128-story.html
Journal
Chicago Tribune
Issued Date
January 30, 2017
Page
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Language
English(English)
Country
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Book
Human Acts
Writer
Han Kang
Translator
Deborah Smith

About the Author

  • Han Kang
  • Birth : 1970 ~ -
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Kang
  • Family Name : Han
  • Korean Name : 한강
  • ISNI : 0000000054537103
  • Works : 160
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  • English(English)

one of the first details we learn about Dong-ho, the 15-year-old boy at the center of Han Kang's "Human Acts," is that he's nearsighted. We meet him as he rests beneath a ginkgo tree, squinting at the space between branches, imagining raindrops "suspended in the air, held breath before the plunge."

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