- Democratization, Politics and government, Fiction, History
In the midst of a violent student uprising in South Korea, a young boy named Dong-ho is shockingly killed.
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About the book
- Author
- Han Kang, Alba Cunill Fulquet
- First published
- 2014
- Pages
- 217
- Publisher
- Portobello Books Ltd, Rata, Todavia
- Editions
- 13
- Language
- Spanish, tur, English, Chinese
- ISBN
- 9786058108837
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First sentence
“In early 1980, South Korea was a heap of dry tinder waiting for a spark.”
About Han Kang · 1970
South Korean novelist, short story writer and poet.
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