Human Acts, by Han Kang (英譯小說) 以《素食主義者》一書奪下曼布克獎的韓國作家韓江,在此作中將筆鋒轉向1980年韓國歷史中惡名昭彰的「光州事件」。不了解光州事件的讀者們,小編向你推薦2017年的由真人真事改編的韓國電影《我只是個計程車司機》。這不只是一件總統謀殺案,還是一場血腥的政變,更是推動近代南韓民主化的慘痛犧牲。 《Human Acts》一書以七個章節組成。以尋找朋友屍首的故事作為開場,這七段橫跨32年由不同敘述者出發、看似獨立的故事,卻都若有似無地連結著因捲入光州事件而慘死的15歲少年Dong-Ho,每一段故事主人翁的生命都就此終結或永遠改變。 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. 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. ISBN: 9781846275975