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    612-822-4611

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Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

Chang, Jamie
Nam-Joo, Cho

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General FictionLiterary Fiction

Publisher Price: $15.99

ISBN10: 1631498673
ISBN13: 9781631498671
Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
Published: Mar 2 2021
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.35
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.20
Language: English

This is all about what it is like to move through the world as a woman. It follows the entire life of Kim Jiyoung who is a new mother in South Korea. It is so relevant and straightforwardly written. It hurt me to read, but in a good way. -Catherine

 

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.

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