{"product_id":"kim-jiyoung-born-1982-nam-joo-cho","title":"Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 (Nam-Joo Cho)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTHE MULTI-MILLION-COPY SELLING SOUTH KOREAN SENSATION THAT HAS GOT THE WHOLE WORLD TALKING\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A ground-breaking work of feminist fiction.' Stylist \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWho is Kim Jiyoung? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Kim Jiyoung has started acting strangely.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Kim Jiyoung is depressed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Kim Jiyoung is mad.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Kim Jiyoung is her own woman.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Kim Jiyoung is every woman.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKim Jiyoung, Born 1982 \u003c\/i\u003eis 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Vegetarian. \u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eKim Jiyoung, Born 1982 \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'It describes experiences that will be recognisable everywhere. It's slim, unadorned narrative distils a lifetime's iniquities into a sharp punch.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e 'A ground-breaking work of feminist fiction' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStylist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e 'Along with other socially critical narratives to come out of Korea, such as Bong Joon-ho's Oscar-winning film \u003ci\u003eParasite\u003c\/i\u003e, her story could change the bigger one.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e '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.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e 'Enthralling and enraging.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e '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.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eNam-Joo, ChoCho Nam-joo is a former television scriptwriter. In the writing of this book she drew partly on her own experience as a woman who quit her job to stay at home after giving birth to a child. \u003ci\u003eKim Jiyoung, Born 1982\u003c\/i\u003e is her third novel. It has had a profound impact on gender inequality and discrimination in Korean society, and has been translated into 18 languages.Chang, Jamie\u003cb\u003eJamie Chang\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning translator and teaches at the Ewha Womans University in Seoul, South Korea.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 176 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63444296696157,"sku":"K087825800","price":10.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/227901-8782580000001A.jpg?v=1771175331","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/kim-jiyoung-born-1982-nam-joo-cho","provider":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}