An Evening with Monika Kim

Tue Jul 02 2024 at 06:00 pm to 08:00 pm UTC-07:00

KUBO LB | Long Beach

Bel Canto Books - Long Beach, CA
Publisher/HostBel Canto Books - Long Beach, CA
An Evening with Monika Kim
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Bel Canto Books is delighted to host Monika Kim, author of THE EYES ARE THE BEST PART at KUBO LB
About this Event

Bel Canto Books is delighted to host an evening with Monika Kim, author of THE EYES ARE THE BEST PART.

Kindly RSVP so we can plan accordingly. Please stay home if you feel sick.

This event will be held indoors at KUBO LB (3976 Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach CA).

EVENT SCHEDULE

5:45PM - Event check-in begins

6:00pm - Welcome & event start

6:15-7:00pm - Author reading, conversation, and Q&A

7:00pm-8:00pm - Book signing & shopping time

8:00pm - Event ends

ABOUT THE BOOK

Crying in H-Mart meets My Sister, the Serial Killer in this feminist psychological horror about the making of a female serial killer from a Korean-American perspective.
Ji-won’s life tumbles into disarray in the wake of her Appa’s extramarital affair and subsequent departure. Her mother, distraught. Her younger sister, hurt and confused. Her college freshman grades, failing. Her dreams, horrifying… yet enticing.
In them, Ji-won walks through bloody rooms full of eyes. Succulent blue eyes. Salivatingly blue eyes. Eyes the same shape and shade as George’s, who is Umma’s obnoxious new boyfriend. George has already overstayed his welcome in her family’s claustrophobic apartment. He brags about his puffed-up consulting job, ogles Asian waitresses while dining out, and acts condescending toward Ji-won and her sister as if he deserves all of Umma’s fawning adoration. No, George doesn’t deserve anything from her family. Ji-won will make sure of that.
For no matter how many victims accumulate around her campus or how many people she must deceive and manipulate, Ji-won’s hunger and her rage deserve to be sated.
A brilliantly inventive, subversive novel about a young woman unraveling, Monika Kim’s The Eyes Are the Best Part is a story of a family falling apart and trying to find their way back to each other, marking a bold new voice in horror that will leave readers mesmerized and craving more.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Monika is a second-generation Korean American living in Los Angeles’s Koreatown. She learned about eating fish eyes and other Korean superstitions from her mother, who immigrated to California from Seoul in 1985. THE EYES ARE THE BEST PART is her debut novel.

ABOUT BEL CANTO BOOKS

Founded by Jhoanna Belfer, a Filipina-American poet and former hospitality executive, Bel Canto Books offers a curated selection of fiction, nonfiction and children's books, organized around a theme of the month, in particular celebrating books by women and people of color. Learn more at belcantobooks.net.

ABOUT KUBO LB

KUBO LB is a creative community space for Filipinx, BIPOC, LGBTQ, and Women led small businesses. KUBO LB is a space to support and educate small businesses through retail, business workshops and more. Learn more at kubolb.com.


THE EYES ARE THE BEST PART by Monika Kim


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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

KUBO LB, 3976 Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach, United States

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USD 0.00 to USD 27.00

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