Chang, Chŏng-il, 1962- Adam i nun ttŭl ttae. English

When Adam Opens His Eyes (Korean: 아담이 눈뜰 때) is a Korean novel written by Jang Jung-il. It is a coming-of-age story of a 19-year-old boy who has taken a gap year to retake the yearly College Scholastic Ability Test, and also an artist novel that seeks a possibility of life through writing. The novel is considered to have led the beginning of the Korean literature of the 1990s.