Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982: The International Bestseller

Author: Cho Nam-Joo

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Description

A fierce international bestseller that launched Korea's new feminist movement, Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 follows one woman's psychic deterioration in the face of rigid misogyny.


Kim Jiyoung is a girl born to a mother whose in-laws wanted a boy.


Kim Jiyoung is a sister made to share a room while her brother gets one of his own.


Kim Jiyoung is a female preyed upon by male teachers at school. Kim Jiyoung is a daughter whose father blames her when she is harassed late at night.


Kim Jiyoung is a good student who doesn't get put forward for internships. Kim Jiyoung is a model employee but gets overlooked for promotion. Kim Jiyoung is 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.


Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 is the South Korean sensation that has got the whole world talking. 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.

Awards

Longlisted - National Book Award (Translated Literature)
New York Times Notable Book of 2020 and Editors' Choice Selection
Best Books of 2020 -- NPR, TIME Magazine, Chicago Public Library
Vulture - Best Books of the Year (So Far)