When Adam Opens His Eyes

by Jung-Il Jang

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1564789144
• ISBN13: 9781564789143
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
• Length: 126 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.4"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher