Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 : The international bestseller

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  • National Book Award Nominee for Translated Literature (2020)
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Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 : The international bestseller

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ISBN: 9781471184284
Publisher: Scribner UK
Date of Publication: 2020-02-20
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Contemporary
Related Topics: Feminism, Asian Literature, Asia
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Kim Jiyoung is a girl born to a mother whose in-laws wanted a boy. She is a sister made to share a room while her brother gets one of his own. A female preyed upon by male teachers at school. A daughter whose father blames her when she is harassed late at night. A good student who doesn’t get put forward for internships. 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. She is depressed. She is mad. She is her own woman. Kim Jiyoung is every woman.Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 is 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..
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