Korean Book Club - “The Specters of Algeria”, Hwang Yeo Jung 

Discover Korean literature and explore its various themes in KCC's monthly Korean Book Club.

For the first book club meeting of this year, we are going to discuss the novel “The Specters of Algeria” by Hwang Yeo Jung.

▪ Language: English

▪ Date: Thursday, May 16, 19h00-21h00 

▪ Venue: Korean Cultural Center

▪ Entrance Free - Application is necessary* 

To apply, please send an application e-mail to info@kccbrussels.be with your first name, last name, and telephone number.

Participants can easily purchase a copy of “The Specters of Algeria” at Waterstones (Boulevard Adolphe Maxlaan 71-75, Brussels, 1000).

For more info: https://www.waterstones.com/bookshops/brussels

About the book – « The Specters of Algeria »

Published by Honford Star

A group of dramatists that commit what was a subversive act during the South Korean military dictatorships of the twentieth century – distributing copies of Karl Marx’s only surviving play, The Specters of Algeria. The consequences of the brutal crackdown by the authorities would set the directions of the lives of two children of the group’s members, Yul and Jing. Despite the deep connection between them, Yul would open up an alteration shop in Seoul and Jing would move to Europe. But now, Cheolsu, a dissatisfied employee at a community theatre, is unearthing the truth about The Specters of Algeria and questioning whether the human situation is as absurd as the play asserts.

About the author – Hwang Yeo Jung

Hwang Yeo Jung was born in Seoul in 1974. Her debut novel, The Specters of Algeria, won the 2017 Munhak Dongne Novel Prize. Hwang’s next novel, Please Call My Name, was published in 2020.

About the translator – Yewon Jung

Yewon Jung, a reader first and translator second, loves to fall in love with books and translate the books she loves. Her works include No One Writes Back  (Dalkey Archive Press), One Hundred Shadows  (Tilted Axis Press), and Seven Samurai Swept Away in a River (Deep Vellum Publishing). She is the winner of the 2017 LTI Korea Translation Award and the 2011 Korea Times Modern Korean Literature Translation Award. She lives on a small island in Korea and enjoys taking long walks along the beach.

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- Due to organizational and practical limitations of our events, the number of participants for each event is strictly limited.

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Those who fail to do so, will be restricted from attending other KCC events.