![]() She and her friends constantly face the threat of government censorship and punishment for their activities. And as Hyun Sook soon discovers, in a totalitarian regime, discovering great works of illicit literature are quickly overshadowed by fear and violence.Īs the club delves deeper into the books and their discussions become more political, they attract the attention of the authorities and increasing danger. Instead she ends up hiding in a basement as the youngest member of an underground banned book club. When the editor of the school newspaper invites her to his reading group, she expects to pop into the cafeteria to talk about Moby Dick, Hamlet, and The Scarlet Letter. ![]() Kim Hyun Sook begins college in 1983 and is majoring in English literature. The story is set during South Korea's Fifth Republic, a military regime that entrenched its power through censorship, torture, and the murder of protesters. ![]() The book was fictionalized to protect the people in the story. The title is a reference to the secret student club at her university where she read underground literature. ![]() ![]() Kim Hyun Sook and Ryan Estrada illustrations by Ko Hyung Juīanned Book Club is a fictionalized biographical graphic novel by Kim Hyun Sook and Ryan Estrada that depicts Kim's college experience in South Korea during the Fifth Republic. ![]()
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