when: 24 June 2021 | | cost: Free | address: 255 Elizabeth St Sydney NSW 2000 Australia | website: https://www.koreanculture.org.au/korean-book-club-almond-by-won-pyung-sohn/ | tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/book-club-almond-by-won-pyung-sohn-tickets-156458163579
published: 07 Jun 2021, 5 min read
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The Book Club in June will read 'Almond', a coming-of-age novel by Korean novelist Won-pyung Sohn.
'Almond' is about a boy named Yunjae who was born with a brain condition called Alexithymia that makes it hard for him to feel emotions such as fear and anger. He does not have friends, the two almond-shaped neurons located deep in his brain have seen to that - but his devoted mother and grandmother provide him with a safe and content life. Then on Christmas Eve, everything changes. A shocking act of random violence shatters his world, leaving him alone and on his own. Struggling to cope with his loss, Yunjae retreats into silent isolation, until troubled teenager Gon arrives at this school, and they develop a surprising bond.
Join Dr. Sung-Ae Lee, a Macquarie University International Studies lecturer, and comedian Harry Jun for a discussion about Yunjae's devastating eloquence in expressing the complexity of human behaviour, as well as how different the world is seen through Yunjae's eyes.
This is a coming-of-age novel that is highly affecting and is sure to delight readers of every age.
Free admission, bookings are essential. Participants will have a chance to win 1 of 10 copies of the book.
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The Book Club in June will read 'Almond', a coming-of-age novel by Korean novelist Won-pyung Sohn.
'Almond' is about a boy named Yunjae who was born with a brain condition called Alexithymia that makes it hard for him to feel emotions such as fear and anger. He does not have friends, the two almond-shaped neurons located deep in his brain have seen to that - but his devoted mother and grandmother provide him with a safe and content life. Then on Christmas Eve, everything changes. A shocking act of random violence shatters his world, leaving him alone and on his own. Struggling to cope with his loss, Yunjae retreats into silent isolation, until troubled teenager Gon arrives at this school, and they develop a surprising bond.
Join Dr. Sung-Ae Lee, a Macquarie University International Studies lecturer, and comedian Harry Jun for a discussion about Yunjae's devastating eloquence in expressing the complexity of human behaviour, as well as how different the world is seen through Yunjae's eyes.
This is a coming-of-age novel that is highly affecting and is sure to delight readers of every age.
Free admission, bookings are essential. Participants will have a chance to win 1 of 10 copies of the book.
Go see Korean Book Club: Almond 2021.
Korean Book Club: Almond 2021 is on 24 June 2021. See start and end times below. Conveniently located in Sydney. Call 0282673400 for details. Visit their website at https://www.koreanculture.org.au/korean-book-club-almond-by-won-pyung-sohn/.
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