Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982: A Novel Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982: A Novel

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982: A Novel

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Publisher Description

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.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2020
April 14
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
176
Pages
PUBLISHER
Liveright
SELLER
W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
SIZE
1.9
MB

Customer Reviews

IIRick ,

Hard to follow style

I thought I was reading a book. The statistics that kept getting thrown in was really distracting. It would seem hiring a woman who had kids in middle school would be best for the current company lifestyle. They can get themselves to hagwon on their own and come home after 10 anyway. Why is no one blaming the Korean transit authority for not having enough seats, instead it’s blaming other passengers. Absolutely right on hiring more people would solve the problem of excess working hours. In the end this is just a grumpy person. The hero was her own mom and gram. Gram shouldered the providing for the family and mom shouldered the financial decisions that made them send kids to school and prosper. Her mom and gram worked.

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