Beskrivelse
The multi-million copy selling international bestseller, longlisted for the National Book Awards' Translated Fiction Award 2020! The most important book to have emerged from South Korea since Han Kang's The Vegetarian. Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 is Cho Nam-Joos third novel. It has had a profound impact on gender inequality and discrimination in Korean society, and has been translated into 18 languages.
The life story of one young woman born at the end of the twentieth century raises questions about endemic misogyny and institutional oppression. - 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 ...
Yderligere information
| Forfatter(e) | Cho Nam-Joo |
|---|---|
| Kategori | Bøger |
| Genre(r) | Skønlitteratur |
| Udgivelsesdato | Er udgivet |
| Sprog | Engelsk |
| ISBN-13 | 9781471184307 |
| ISBN-10 | 1471184307 |
| Indbinding | Paperback |
| Udgave | 2 |
| Sidetal | 176 |
| Tags | The, Vegetarian, Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982, Bøger, Bog |
| GPSR | Produktsikkerhed |
