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Books: Tale of Korean atrocity is an emotional triumph

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Article
http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/book-reviews/books-tale-of-korean-atrocity-is-an-emotional-triumph-34365539.html
Journal
Independent
Issued Date
January 17, 2016
Page
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Language
English(English)
Country
IRELAND
City
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Book
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Writer
Han Kang

About the Author

  • Han Kang
  • Birth : 1970 ~ -
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Kang
  • Family Name : Han
  • Korean Name : 한강
  • ISNI : 0000000054537103
  • Works : 161
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As Human Acts begins, a schoolboy is worried about oncoming rain. It seems like a mundane, universal concern. But we soon discover its troubling basis: there are so many corpses on the makeshift burial site he manages that the overspill has to go outdoors, where rain speeds up decay.   Source: http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/book-reviews/books-tale-of-korean-atrocity-is-an-emotional-triumph-34365539.html

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