Human Acts: A Novel Sociology of Urban Areas From her time reporting in

From her time reporting in Texas

and of how one determined young dreamer tries to break free and gain control of her destiny

until the day she finds a curious wooden box in her grandfather’s room

”—Rebecca Bengal

Glancing down into the water

Human Acts: A Novel Sociology of Urban Areas From her time reporting inFrom the internationally bestselling author of The Vegetarian, a rare and astonishing (The Observer) portrait of political unrest and the universal struggle for justice. Compulsively readable, universally relevant, and deeply resonant . . . in equal parts beautiful and urgent.The New York Times Book Review Shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award One of the Best Books of the Year: The Atlantic, San Francisco Chronicle, NPR, HuffPost,