Banned book club
Author:
Publisher:
Iron Circus Comics
Publication Date:
2020
Edition:
First edition
Language:
English
Description
"The autobiography of a South Korean woman's student days under an authoritarian regime, and how she defied state censorship. When Kim Hyun Sook started college in 1983 she was ready for her world to open up. After acing her exams and sort-of convincing her traditional mother that it was a good idea for a woman to go to college, she looked forward to soaking up the ideas of Western Literature far from the drudgery she was promised at her family's restaurant. But literature class would prove to be just the start of a massive turning point, still focused on reading but with life-or-death stakes she never could have imagined. This was during South Korea's Fifth Republic, a military regime that entrenched its power through censorship, torture, and the murder of protestors. In this charged political climate, with Molotov cocktails flying and fellow students disappearing for hours and returning with bruises, Hyun Sook sought refuge in the comfort of books. When the handsome young editor of the school newspaper invited her to his reading group, she expected to pop into the cafeteria to talk about Moby Dick, Hamlet, and The Scarlet Letter. Instead she found herself hiding in a basement as the youngest member of an underground banned book club. And as Hyun Sook soon discovered, in a totalitarian regime, the delights of discovering great works of illicit literature are quickly overshadowed by fear and violence as the walls close in. In BANNED BOOK CLUB, Hyun Sook shares a dramatic true story of political division, fear-mongering, anti-intellectualism, the death of democratic institutions, and the relentless rebellion of reading."--
Subjects
Subjects
Autobiographical comics
Book clubs (Discussion groups)
Book clubs (Discussion groups) -- Korea (South) -- Cartoons and comics -- Juvenile literature
Book clubs (Discussion groups) -- Korea (South) -- Comic books, strips, etc
Censorship
Graphic novel
Graphic novels
History
Kim, Hyun Sook
Kim, Hyun Sook -- Cartoons and comics -- Juvenile literature
Kim, Hyun Sook -- Comic books, strips, etc
Korea (South) -- History -- 1960-1988 -- Cartoons and comics -- Juvenile literature
Korea (South) -- History -- 1960-1988 -- Comic books, strips, etc
Prohibited books
Prohibited books -- Korea (South) -- Cartoons and comics -- Juvenile literature
Prohibited books -- Korea (South) -- Comic books, strips, etc
Student protesters
Student protesters -- Korea (South) -- Biography -- Cartoons and comics -- Juvenile literature
Student protesters -- Korea (South) -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
Women college students
Women college students -- Korea (South) -- Biography -- Cartoons and comics -- Juvenile literature
Women college students -- Korea (South) -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
Book clubs (Discussion groups)
Book clubs (Discussion groups) -- Korea (South) -- Cartoons and comics -- Juvenile literature
Book clubs (Discussion groups) -- Korea (South) -- Comic books, strips, etc
Censorship
Graphic novel
Graphic novels
History
Kim, Hyun Sook
Kim, Hyun Sook -- Cartoons and comics -- Juvenile literature
Kim, Hyun Sook -- Comic books, strips, etc
Korea (South) -- History -- 1960-1988 -- Cartoons and comics -- Juvenile literature
Korea (South) -- History -- 1960-1988 -- Comic books, strips, etc
Prohibited books
Prohibited books -- Korea (South) -- Cartoons and comics -- Juvenile literature
Prohibited books -- Korea (South) -- Comic books, strips, etc
Student protesters
Student protesters -- Korea (South) -- Biography -- Cartoons and comics -- Juvenile literature
Student protesters -- Korea (South) -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
Women college students
Women college students -- Korea (South) -- Biography -- Cartoons and comics -- Juvenile literature
Women college students -- Korea (South) -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
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Contributors:
ISBN:
9781945820427
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 3.5, 1 Points
Level 3.5, 1 Points
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Grouping Information
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Grouping Title | banned book club |
Grouping Author | hyun sook kim |
Grouping Category | comic |
Grouping Language | English (eng) |
Last Grouping Update | 2025-03-12 10:10:28AM |
Last Indexed | 2025-03-13 23:05:51PM |
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Autobiographical comics
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Book clubs (Discussion groups) -- Korea (South) -- Comic books, strips, etc
Censorship
Graphic novel
Graphic novels
Kim, Hyun Sook -- Cartoons and comics -- Juvenile literature
Kim, Hyun Sook -- Comic books, strips, etc
Korea (South) -- History -- 1960-1988 -- Cartoons and comics -- Juvenile literature
Korea (South) -- History -- 1960-1988 -- Comic books, strips, etc
Prohibited books -- Korea (South) -- Cartoons and comics -- Juvenile literature
Prohibited books -- Korea (South) -- Comic books, strips, etc
Student protesters -- Korea (South) -- Biography -- Cartoons and comics -- Juvenile literature
Student protesters -- Korea (South) -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
Women college students -- Korea (South) -- Biography -- Cartoons and comics -- Juvenile literature
Women college students -- Korea (South) -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
Book clubs (Discussion groups) -- Korea (South) -- Cartoons and comics -- Juvenile literature
Book clubs (Discussion groups) -- Korea (South) -- Comic books, strips, etc
Censorship
Graphic novel
Graphic novels
Kim, Hyun Sook -- Cartoons and comics -- Juvenile literature
Kim, Hyun Sook -- Comic books, strips, etc
Korea (South) -- History -- 1960-1988 -- Cartoons and comics -- Juvenile literature
Korea (South) -- History -- 1960-1988 -- Comic books, strips, etc
Prohibited books -- Korea (South) -- Cartoons and comics -- Juvenile literature
Prohibited books -- Korea (South) -- Comic books, strips, etc
Student protesters -- Korea (South) -- Biography -- Cartoons and comics -- Juvenile literature
Student protesters -- Korea (South) -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
Women college students -- Korea (South) -- Biography -- Cartoons and comics -- Juvenile literature
Women college students -- Korea (South) -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
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Censorship
Graphic novel
History
Kim, Hyun Sook
Prohibited books
Student protesters
Women college students
Censorship
Graphic novel
History
Kim, Hyun Sook
Prohibited books
Student protesters
Women college students
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