Ian Mond Reviews Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo

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Ian Mond Reviews Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo

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Article: https://locusmag.com/2020/07/ian-mond-reviews-kim-jiyoung-born-1982-by-cho-nam-joo/
Journal: Locus Online
Issued Date: July 22, 2020
Page: -
Language: English(English)
Country: -
Book: Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
Writer: Cho Nam-ju
Translator: Jamie Chang

About the Author

Cho Nam-ju
Birth : 1978 ~ -
Occupation : Novelist
First Name : Nam-ju
Family Name : Cho
Korean Name : 조남주
ISNI : 0000000460558831
Works : 67

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English(English)

Since its publication in 2016, Cho Nam-Joo’s Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 has sold over a million copies in South Korea, been touted as one of the country’s most important feminist novels, and sparked vicious attacks from anti-feminists, which were reignited when the book was adapted into a film in 2019. Given its popularity and the critical role the novel has played in South Korea’s #MeToo movement, I’m a little surprised it has taken four years to be translated into English (by Jamie Chang), but better late than never.

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