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Today's Idol Book Club pick was recommended by kpop idols RM and Suga of BTS!
Almond by Won-Pyung Sohn
Our guest is Jess from ATC Presents: Daebak K Rambles Podcast! Find her @atcdaebakpod on Instagram and Twitter.
Listen to the end to find out who we would cast in a fantasy casting of a K drama version of this book (to date, we don't know if there will be a K drama based on this book!).
ABOUT THE BOOK & AUTHOR
Gained popularity after members of BTS were seen reading it [Twitter]
Korean coming-of-age novel wins Japanese literary award [The Korea Times]
Korean Author’s Misfit Boys Teach Us About Emotion [Interview with the author, translated by the book’s translator] [authorlink]
Writer Sohn Won-Pyung [Interview with the author] [K-Book Trends]
Best-selling authors, veteran actors jump to filmmaking [The Korea Times]
'Almond' by Sohn Won-pyung sells 1 mln copies [Yonhap News]
Coming-of-age novel 'Almond' to be made into musical [The Korea Times]
SCHOOL BULLYING IN KOREA
The podcast Dramas Over Flowers has this episode where they discuss school bullying.
South Korea’s school bullying has deadly consequences [CNN]
ALEXITHYMIA
For people with alexithymia, emotions are a mystery [Spectrum News]
Almond by Won-Pyung Sohn
Our guest is Jess from ATC Presents: Daebak K Rambles Podcast! Find her @atcdaebakpod on Instagram and Twitter.
Listen to the end to find out who we would cast in a fantasy casting of a K drama version of this book (to date, we don't know if there will be a K drama based on this book!).
ABOUT THE BOOK & AUTHOR
Gained popularity after members of BTS were seen reading it [Twitter]
Korean coming-of-age novel wins Japanese literary award [The Korea Times]
Korean Author’s Misfit Boys Teach Us About Emotion [Interview with the author, translated by the book’s translator] [authorlink]
Writer Sohn Won-Pyung [Interview with the author] [K-Book Trends]
Best-selling authors, veteran actors jump to filmmaking [The Korea Times]
'Almond' by Sohn Won-pyung sells 1 mln copies [Yonhap News]
Coming-of-age novel 'Almond' to be made into musical [The Korea Times]
SCHOOL BULLYING IN KOREA
The podcast Dramas Over Flowers has this episode where they discuss school bullying.
South Korea’s school bullying has deadly consequences [CNN]
ALEXITHYMIA
For people with alexithymia, emotions are a mystery [Spectrum News]
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