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Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
Author
Cho Nam-joo
Co-Author
-
Translator
Jamie Chang
Publisher
Simon & Schuster UK
Published Year
2021
Country
UNITED KINGDOM
Classification

KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century

Original Title
82년생 김지영
Original Language

Korean(한국어)

Romanization of Original
82 nyeonsaeng Gim Jiyeong
ISBN
9781471184307
Page
163
Volume
-
Writer default image
  • Cho Nam-ju
  • Birth : 1978 ~ -
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Nam-ju
  • Family Name : Cho
  • Korean Name : 조남주
  • ISNI : 0000000460558831
  • Works : 70
No. Call No. Location Status Due Date Reservation
1 영어 813 조남주 팔-Cha LTI Korea Library Available - -
Descriptions
  • English(English)

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.