Book Review: from Han Kang to Matt Haig

Human acts, by Han Kang (Random House)The story opens up in the light of the candles, which light up rows of dead waiting for their loved ones to recognize them. In 1980, in Gwanju, the South Korean army killed hundreds of workers and students protesting martial law. The number of injured and deceased exceeds the capacity of the hospital and many of them are transferred to the gymnasium of the school. So far comes Dong-ho, a boy who seeks his be…