Human Acts
| Author | Han Kang |
|---|---|
| Original title | 소년이 온다 lit "A Boy Comes" |
| Translator | Deborah Smith |
| Language | Korean |
| Genre | Contemporary fiction Literary fiction |
| Set in | Gwangju, South Korea |
| Publisher | Changbi Publishers (KOR) Portobello Books (UK) Hogarth (UK, US) |
Publication date | 19 May 2014 (KOR) 3 November 2016 (UK) 17 October 2017 (UK, US) |
| Publication place | South Korea |
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| Pages | 215 pp |
| ISBN | 9788936434120 |
Human Acts (Korean: 소년이 온다; RR: Sonyeoni onda; lit. A Boy Comes) is a South Korean novel written by Han Kang. The novel draws upon the democratization uprising that occurred on 18 May 1980, in Gwangju, Korea. In the novel, one boy's death provides the impetus for a dimensional look into the Gwangju Uprising and the lives of the people in that city. Human Acts won Korea's Manhae Prize for Literature and Italy's Premio Malaparte.