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Profoundly moving book that covers emotions ranging from horror to delicate beauty. I'm not sure I've read anything quite like it. The story at its heart is the tale of the 1980 democratization uprising in Gwangju, Korea. The uprising was brutally suppressed by the government, killing hundreds if not thousands. Kang tells the story of the uprising, and its aftermath, through through a number voices, concluding with the author's own in the last chapter. They all circle around the death of 15 year
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All I can say that this book had the impact that Night by Elie Wiesel on me when I read it in high school. Kang doesn't shy away from showing us the brutality that was perpetrated by the South Korean government against school students during the Gwangju Uprising, May 18, 1980.
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Aug 21, 2025
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