Flybird's Nest

Human Acts In the midst of 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. *** Human Acts Author : Han Kang First Published : 19 May 2014 Edition :2016 Translator : Deborah Smith Genre : Historical Fiction After you died, I couldn't hold a funeral, so my life become a funeral So these eyes that once beheld you became a shrine These ears that once heard your voice become a shrine These