Book of the Week #7: Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo
The Harsh Reality Of Being a Woman in South Korea
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo
What It’s About
Kim Ji-young is the most common name for Korean women born in the 1980s.
Kim Ji-young is representative of her generation:
At home, she is an unfavoured sister to her princeling little brother.
In primary school, she is a girl who has to line up behind the boys at lunchtime.
In high school, she is a daught…
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