Cannonball Read 18

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The Book that Helped Influence a Movement

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo

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Best for: Anyone interested in a straightforward exploration of a woman’s life under patriarchy. In this case, the patriarchy women experience in Korea. In a nutshell: Kim Jiyoung’s story, from birth through motherhood, and all the times her being a girl / woman has been held against her. Worth quoting: “It felt more like harassment or violence than pranks, and there was nothing she could do about it.” “It wasn’t that she didn’t have time – she didn’t have room in her head for other […]

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Kim JiYoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-joo

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“Kim JiYoung is thirty-three years old, or thirty-four in Korean age.” One review for this book says it’s not really a novel, but a documentary of a kind of life in contemporary Korea. It’s not correct because it’s a novel about woman’s life, and just because there’s parallels to be found with lots of other people in similar experiences, well, I am not sure what else you might call it but a novel. Kim JiYoung is born in 1982 and one of the first things […]

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Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo

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I have had terrible luck with lit-fic so far this year, so it’s nice that my streak is finally broken. This book was great. Depressing, but great. And I never would have picked it up on my own except that it qualified nicely for the novel in translation category (non-European) for the Read Harder Challenge, and it was short! And very well regarded. So thanks, Read Harder! Doing your job. Kim Jiyoung is a young mother living in Korea. She quit her job in marketing […]



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