Book Talk: Han Kang’s Human Acts
Join the BU Korean program for a special joint lecture on this year’s Nobel laureate, Han Kang’s Human Acts (소년이 온다, 2014). This event consists of short presentations by two BU specialists in Korean Literature, Yoon Sun Yang and Dennis Wuerthner, and a discussion of the book’s first chapter, “The Boy, 1980.”
An electronic copy of Deborah Smith’s English translation is accessible through the BU Libraries website.
https://web-p-ebscohost-com.ezproxy.bu.edu/plink?key=100.65.189.54_8000_840171664&site=bsi&scope=site&db=nlebk%2cnlabk&AN=1226701
Please contact Yoon Sun Yang (yyoonsun@bu.edu) for a scanned copy of the original Korean edition (first chapter only). Feel free to attend even if you haven’t read it.
