{"product_id":"kim-jiyoung-born-1982-the-international-bestseller","title":"Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 : The international bestseller","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Nam-Joo, Cho, Chang, Jamie \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 21\/01\/2021,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 176 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781471184307,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE MULTI-MILLION-COPY SELLING SOUTH KOREAN SENSATION THAT HAS GOT THE WHOLE WORLD TALKING'A ground-breaking work of feminist fiction.' Stylist Who is Kim Jiyoung?  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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Kim Jiyoung has started acting strangely.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Kim Jiyoung is depressed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Kim Jiyoung is mad.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Kim Jiyoung is her own woman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Kim Jiyoung is every woman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKim Jiyoung, Born 1982 is the life story of one young woman born at the end of the twentieth century and 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.       Praise for Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982  'It describes experiences that will be recognisable everywhere. It’s slim, unadorned narrative distils a lifetime’s iniquities into a sharp punch.’ The Sunday Times   ‘A ground-breaking work of feminist fiction’ Stylist   ‘Along with other socially critical narratives to come out of Korea, such as Bong Joon-ho’s Oscar-winning film Parasite, her story could change the bigger one.’ TheGuardian   'This witty, disturbing book deals with sexism, mental health issues and the hypocrisy of a country where young women are “popping caffeine pills and turning jaundiced” as they slave away in factories helping to fund higher education for male siblings.' The Independent   'Enthralling and enraging.' Sunday Express   ‘Cho’s moving, witty and powerful novel forces us to face our reality, in which one woman is seen, pretty much, as interchangeable with any other. There’s a logic to Kim Jiyoung’s shape-shifting: she could be anybody.’ Daily Telegraph  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43105013104684,"sku":"9781471184307","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781471184307.jpg?v=1713022683","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/kim-jiyoung-born-1982-the-international-bestseller","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}