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When Adam Opens His Eyes

When Adam Opens His Eyes - Paperback

by Jang Jung-Il
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Availability:In StockContributor:Jang Jung-Il, Sun-Ae Hwang (Translator), Horace Jeffery Hodges (Translator)Series:Library of Korean Literature #3Publish date:2013-11-16Pages:126
Language:EnglishPublisher:Dalkey Archive PressISBN-13:9781564789143ISBN-10:1564789144UPC:9781564789143Book Category:FictionSize:8.40 x 5.40 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SCBQDMHAD9

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.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Dalkey Archive PressISBN-13:9781564789143ISBN-10:1564789144UPC:9781564789143Book Category:FictionSize:8.40 x 5.40 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SCBQDMHAD9

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.

Horace Jeffery Hodges is a retired professor of composition and culture at Ewha Women's University in South Korea. His translation of The Soil by Yi Kwang-su was recognized as a Notable Translation by World Literature Today.


Sun-Ae Hwang is a translator from the Korean. Her translation ofThe Soil by Yi Kwang-su was recognized as a Notable Translation by World Literature Today.
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press

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Jang Jung-Il, Sun-Ae Hwang (Translator), Horace Jeffery Hodges (Translator)

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Jang Jung-Il

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