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Kim Hye-jin: Concerning My Daughter review - room for complication

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Article
https://theartsdesk.com/books/kim-hye-jin-concerning-my-daughter-review-room-complication
Journal
The Arts Desk
Issued Date
May 27, 2022
Page
-
Language
English(English)
Country
UNITED KINGDOM
City
London
Book
Concerning My Daughter
Writer
Kim Hye-jin
Translator
Jamie Chang

About the Author

  • Kim Hye-jin
  • Birth : 1983 ~ -
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Hye-jin
  • Family Name : Kim
  • Korean Name : 김혜진
  • ISNI : 000000047905924X
  • Works : 25
Descriptions - 1 Languages
  • English(English)

In this best-selling Korean novella, recently translated into English by Jamie Chang, Kim Hye-jin offers us the perspective of a Korean mother. It’s narrated entirely from the perspective of a woman of around 60 who has a daughter in her thirties and focuses on her inability to understand what her daughter, Green, wants from life and why she’s decided to live openly as a lesbian with her partner Lane:  “Gay? The word rushes into my head and shoots through without permission. Words come to me so violently, without warning, before Lane can say another word, I quickly manage to correct her. My daughter is not that kind of person.” 

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