Dear Friends,

For the April meeting, we will read and discuss ‘When Adam Opens His Eyes’ by Jang Jung-Il (Translated by Hwang Sun-Ae and Horace Jeffery Hodges).

The meeting will be held ONLINE & IN-PERSON.

WHEN_ Thursday. April 11, 2024. 7:30PM (Seoul)
WHERE_Online Zoom & B1, North Terrace Cafe (near Anguk Station or Jongno-3 ga Station (Subway Line 1, 3, or 5))
READ_’When Adam Opens His Eyes’ by Jang Jung-Il (Translated by Hwang Sun-Ae and Horace Jeffery Holdges)
LEADER_Jenny Byun

BOOK:
US Dalkey Archive Press | Amazon
KR Yes24  

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From the Publisher

First published in 1990, this is a sensational and highly controversial novel by one of Korea’s most electrifying contemporary authors. A preposterous coming-of-age story, melding sex, death, and high school in a manner reminiscent of some perverse collision between Georges Bataille and Beverly Cleary, the narrator of this book plows through contemporaneous Korean mores with aplomb, bound for destruction, or maturity—whichever comes first.

About the Author

Jang Jung-il was born in 1960. Self-educated, Jang’s wide-ranging tastes led him to try his hand at various genres once he began his career as an author. Jang Jung-il is infamous-and has even been jailed-for his erotic and violent fiction. He continues to write, albeit with less controversy, given Korean society’s increasing liberality.