Cho Nam-ju et al / 조남주 / 2019 / -

Su nombre es Kim Ji-young. Tiene 33 años y el nombre más común de Corea. Su historia ha incendiado Asia entera. «Ni siquiera yo sé si me casaré o si tendré hijos. O puede que me muera antes. ¿Por qué tengo que renunciar a lo que quiero ser o hacer por un futuro que no sé si llegará o no?» Esta novela ha pasado de ser la breve historia de una joven coreana a convertirse en un terremoto que ha sacudido a las mujeres de medio mundo. Kim Ji-young (que lleva el nombre más común entre las mujeres coreanas nacidas en 1982) es aparentemente una mujer como cualquier otra, con una juventud sin pena ni gloria, siempre a la sombra. Todo se retuerce cuando, de repente, Kim empieza a hablar con las voces de su madre, de una amiga desaparecida, de otras muchas mujeres. Lo que parecía una broma adquiere el tono de una respuesta, de una insurrección y, para los demás, el tono de una enfermedad. Este libro ha sido una embestida para el panorama literario de todos los países en los que se ha publicado. Bajo su aparente sencillez, hay una sensación de peligro que palpita a lo largo de todas sus páginas y que ha abierto una grieta en los estándares de la literatura contemporánea. Source : https://lti.overdrive.com/media/C5A055BA-0EA1-4B7B-991C-3575F4982BFD

Cho Nam-ju et al / 조남주 / 2020 / -

THE SOUTH KOREAN SENSATION THAT HAS GOT THE WHOLE WORLD TALKING 'A ground-breaking work of feminist fiction' Stylist Kim Jiyoung is a girl born to a mother whose in-laws wanted a boy. A female preyed upon by male teachers at school. A daughter whose father blames her when she is harassed late at night. Kim Jiyoung is a model employee but gets overlooked for promotion. A wife who gives up her career and independence for a life of domesticity. Kim Jiyoung has started acting strangely. Kim Jiyoung is depressed. Kim Jiyoung is mad. Kim Jiyoung is her own woman. Kim Jiyoung is every woman. The life story of one young woman born at the end of the twentieth century raises questions about endemic misogyny and institutional oppression that are relevant to us all. Riveting, original and uncompromising, this is the most important book to have emerged from South Korea since Han Kang's The Vegetarian. Source : https://lti.overdrive.com/media/FCBB3545-6460-4C4E-99E9-96E582355429

Cho Nam-ju et al / 조남주 / 2020 / -

A New York Times Editors Choice Selection A global sensation, Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 "has become...a touchstone for a conversation around feminism and gender" (Sarah Shin, Guardian). One of the most notable novels of the year, hailed by both critics and K-pop stars alike, Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 follows one woman's psychic deterioration in the face of rampant misogyny. In a tidy apartment on the outskirts of Seoul, millennial "everywoman" Kim Jiyoung spends her days caring for her infant daughter. But strange symptoms appear: Jiyoung begins to impersonate the voices of other women, dead and alive. As she plunges deeper into this psychosis, her concerned husband sends her to a psychiatrist. Jiyoung narrates her story to this doctor—from her birth to parents who expected a son to elementary school teachers who policed girls' outfits to male coworkers who installed hidden cameras in women's restrooms. But can her psychiatrist cure her, or even discover what truly ails her? "A social treatise as well as a work of art" (Alexandra Alter, New York Times), Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 heralds the arrival of international powerhouse Cho Nam-Joo. Source : https://lti.overdrive.com/media/CF99103F-A499-4977-8833-D80AB0294A9C

Cho Nam-ju et al / 조남주 / 2020 / -

THE SOUTH KOREAN SENSATION THAT HAS GOT THE WHOLE WORLD TALKING 'A ground-breaking work of feminist fiction' Stylist Kim Jiyoung is a girl born to a mother whose in-laws wanted a boy. A female preyed upon by male teachers at school. A daughter whose father blames her when she is harassed late at night. Kim Jiyoung is a model employee but gets overlooked for promotion. A wife who gives up her career and independence for a life of domesticity. Kim Jiyoung has started acting strangely. Kim Jiyoung is depressed. Kim Jiyoung is mad. Kim Jiyoung is her own woman. Kim Jiyoung is every woman. The life story of one young woman born at the end of the twentieth century raises questions about endemic misogyny and institutional oppression that are relevant to us all. Riveting, original and uncompromising, this is the most important book to have emerged from South Korea since Han Kang's The Vegetarian. Source : https://lti.overdrive.com/media/4294B351-9A3E-49E2-AE57-88EF95455B40

Cho Nam-ju et al / 조남주 / 2021 / -

Der internationale Bestseller aus Südkorea zeigt die junge Frau Kim Jiyoung auf ihrem Weg zur Emanzipation in einer von Ungleichheit und Unterdrückung geprägten Gesellschaftsordnung. Cho Nam-joos Roman, eindringlich gelesen von Nele Rosetz und Felix von Manteuffel, erzählt das Schicksal einer Mittdreißigerin, die in einer kleinen, aufgeräumten Wohnung am Rande der Metropole Seoul lebt. Kim Jiyoung hat erst kürzlich ihren Job im Marketing aufgegeben, um sich um ihre neugeborene Tochter zu kümmern - wie es von koreanischen Frauen erwartet wird. Doch schon bald zeigt sie seltsame Symptome, die ihren Ehemann, ihre Eltern und Schwiegereltern beunruhigen: Jiyoung wird zur Stimme anderer Frauen, seien sie lebendig oder tot. Als die Psychose sich verschlimmert, schickt sie ihr unglücklicher Ehemann zu einem Psychiater. Dort erfahren wir Jiyoungs Geschichte und von einem Leben, das stets von Männern überwacht und gelenkt wurde. Source : https://lti.overdrive.com/media/6051310

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Kim Ji-young, che è stata una normalissima bambina e adolescente, ora ha trent'anni, da un paio di anni è sposata e ha lasciato malvolentieri il lavoro per prendersi cura della sua bambina a tempo pieno. Un giorno, però, Ji-Young inizia a fingere di essere un'altra persona. Prima impersona sua madre, poi una vecchia compagna di scuola: non è uno scherzo, si immedesima completamente in loro, imitandone la voce e il pensiero in modo così perfetto che sembra quasi posseduta da un demone. All'inizio il marito liquida in fretta questi incidenti, ma la situazione peggiora e presto diventa chiaro che Ji-Young soffre di una sorta di disturbo mentale. Così le organizza sedute di terapia con uno psichiatra, che inizia a registrare la sua storia, che è poi la storia di tutte le donne: una storia di pregiudizi, di limitazioni, di accuse e di colpe attribuite gratuitamente; una storia di soprusi e di silenzi, di trattamenti differenziati – a scuola, a casa, nel lavoro; una storia in cui una donna è costretta a scegliere tra la carriera e la famiglia, in cui è sottoposta a severo giudizio qualunque cosa faccia e in cui la sua sofferenza – fisica e mentale – non conta mai davvero quanto quella degli altri, neppure per chi le vuole bene. Un romanzo crudo, ambizioso e straordinario, che offre uno sguardo onesto e senza veli sulla condizione delle donne nella società coreana, e non solo, e che racconta la misoginia attraverso la metafora spiazzante e radicale di una donna che, pur di essere finalmente libera, è costretta a perdere se stessa e la propria voce. Source : https://lti.overdrive.com/media/6439411?cid=37224