Korean Book Club - “Généalogie du mal”, JEONG You-jeong

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

For our book meeting in September, we are going to discuss the novel “Généalogie du mal” by JEONG You-jeong.

▪ Language: French

▪ Date: Thursday, September 12, 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 find a copy of ‘Généalogie du mal’ at Librairie Flagey (Place Flagey 29, 1050 Brussels).

For more info see: https://librairiesflagey.com/

About the book – « Généalogie du mal »

Published by Editions Picquier

Translated by CHOI Kyungran et BISIOU Pierre

This book has also been translated into English and has been published by Penguin Random House and Little Brown Book Group with the title « The Good Son ».

Who can you trust if you can’t trust yourself?

Early one morning, twenty-six-year-old Yu-jin wakes up to a strange metallic smell, and a phone call from his brother asking if everything’s all right at home – he missed a call from their mother in the middle of the night. Yu-jin soon discovers her murdered body, lying in a pool of blood at the bottom of the stairs of their stylish Seoul duplex. He can’t remember much about the night before; having suffered from seizures for most of his life, Yu-jin often has trouble with his memory. All he has is a faint impression of his mother calling his name. But was she calling for help? Or begging for her life?

Thus begins Yu-jin’s frantic three-day search to uncover what happened that night, and to finally learn the truth about himself and his family. A shocking and addictive psychological thriller, ‘The Good Son’ explores the mysteries of mind and memory, and the twisted relationship between a mother and son, with incredible urgency.

About the Author - JEONG You-jeong

JEONG You-jeong, born in 1966, was a nurse before realizing her childhood dream of writing and establishing herself as the queen of Korean crime fiction. Several of her psychological thrillers have been adapted into films. The bestsellers ‘The Good Son’ and ‘Seven Years of Darkness’, which was named one of the top ten crime novels of 2015 by the German newspaper Die Zeit. Her novels have been published in 19 countries.

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