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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.

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First published in 1990, this is a sensational and highly controversial novel by one of Korea's most electrifying contemporary authors, which plows through contemporaneous Korean mores with aplomb.

When Adam Opens His Eyes

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    A Paperback / softback by Jang Jung-Il, Sun-Ae Hwang, Horace Jeffery Hodges

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      Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 02/01/2014
      ISBN13: 9781564789143, 978-1564789143
      ISBN10: 1564789144

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      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Table of Contents
      First published in 1990, this is a sensational and highly controversial novel by one of Korea's most electrifying contemporary authors, which plows through contemporaneous Korean mores with aplomb.

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