Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

Author: Cho Nam
ISBN:9781471184307
Publisher: Scribner

Kim Ji-young is a girl born to a mother whose in-laws wanted a boy. Kim Ji-young is a sister made to share a room while her brother gets one of his own. Kim Ji-young is a female preyed upon by male teachers at school.

Kim Ji-young is a daughter whose father blames her when she is harassed late at night. Kim Ji-young is a good student who doesn't get put forward for internships. Kim Ji-young is a model employee but gets overlooked for promotion.

Kim Ji-young is a wife who gives up her career and independence for a life of domesticity. Kim Ji-young has started acting strangely. Kim Ji-young is depressed.

Kim Ji-young is mad. Kim Ji-young is her own woman. Kim Ji-young is every woman.

Kim Ji-young, 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.