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Actos Humanos / Human Acts - by Han Kang (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».
  • About the Author: Han Kang (Gwangju, Corea del Sur, 1970), ganadora del Premio Nobel de Literatura 2024, empezó su carrera como novelista al ganar el concurso literario de primavera Seúl Shinmun en 1994.
  • 208 Pages
  • Fiction + Literature Genres, Literary

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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 Periódico

Mayo de 1980. La ciudad de Gwangju se moviliza contra la dictadura militar de Chun Doo-hwan, que hace unos meses tomó el poder en Corea del Sur. La oposición civil, liderada por los estudiantes universitarios, se subleva a favor de la democracia, pero el ejército reprime cruelmente las protestas disparando indiscriminadamente a la multitud, sin hacer distinciones entre estudiantes y civiles.

Tras la sanguinaria matanza, un joven busca el cadáver de un amigo, un alma intenta aferrarse a su cuerpo abandonado y a sus recuerdos, y un país brutalizado busca su voz. En esta novela polifónica, las víctimas y los supervivientes que los lloran se enfrentan a la censura, a la negación, al perdón, a la culpa y a la memoria de un episodio traumático que sigue resonando en nuestros días.

Han Kang, galardonada con el premio Nobel de Literatura «por su intensa prosa poética que confronta los traumas históricos y expone la fragilidad de la vida humana», homenajea a las víctimas de la masacre de su ciudad natal a través de las voces de los mártires de la dictadura surcoreana. Actos humanos es una novela brutal, profundamente atemporal y universal que nos habla de las heridas colectivas, la represión y la violencia humana.

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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.



About the Author



Han Kang (Gwangju, Corea del Sur, 1970), ganadora del Premio Nobel de Literatura 2024, empezó su carrera como novelista al ganar el concurso literario de primavera Seúl Shinmun en 1994. Es autora de La vegetariana (Random House, 2024; Premio Booker Internacional 2016), La clase de griego (Random House, 2023), Actos humanos (Premio Manhae de Literatura de Corea y Premio Malaparte en Italia en 2017), Blanco (finalista del Premio Booker Internacional 2018) e Imposible decir adiós (Random House, 2024; Premio Médicis Extranjero 2023). La autora ha recibido también el Premio Yi Sang, el Premio Artista Joven del Año, el 25.° Premio de Novela Coreana, el Premio de Literatura Hwang Sun-won y el Premio de Literatura Dong Ri. Ha trabajado como profesora en el departamento de Escritura Creativa del Instituto de las Artes de Seúl hasta 2018 y en la actualidad se dedica por completo a la escritura. Su obra ha sido publicada en más de treinta idiomas.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.98 Inches (H) x 5.28 Inches (W) x .71 Inches (D)
Weight: .4 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: Literary
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Number of Pages: 208
Publisher: Literatura Random House
Format: Paperback
Author: Han Kang
Language: Spanish
Street Date: March 18, 2025
TCIN: 94287732
UPC: 9788439745549
Item Number (DPCI): 247-36-3380
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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