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Human Acts

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In Han Kang: Novels
Human Acts, 2016), in which she calls upon her memories of the Gwangju Uprising. Human Acts won the Manhae Prize for Literature. Jakbyeolhaji anneunda (2021; published in English in 2025 as We Do Not Part) is a work of historical fiction that centers on the…
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