About the book: 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.
My Thoughts: I haven't felt such emotion from a book in a long time and I was really emotional with all of the points of view centered around this one boy who connected all these people together during this awful time in South Korea history. The soul's point of view to the types of torture the demonstrators endured. It was definitely a gripping, thrilling, upsetting account of a real piece of history. I had no idea that this event occurred and I did some research and learn more about it.
About the author: Han Kang was born in 1970 in South Korea. In 1993 she made her literary debut as a poet, and was first published as a novelist in 1994. A participant in the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa, Han has won the Man Booker International Prize, the Yi Sang Literary Prize, the Today’s Young Artist Award, and the Manhae Prize for Literature. She currently works as a professor in the department of creative writing at the Seoul Institute of the Arts.
I received this book from Blogging for Books for this review.
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