- Overview
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To live as a woman in Korea is to live everyday with fear and despair. Take a closer look at the “Kim Jiyeong” in all of us.
- Book Intro
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KIM JIYEONG, BORN IN 1982 presents the story of a woman named Ji Yeong, the most common name for girls born in 1982. As her name indicates, she is a typical woman in her thirties and her life mimics that of countless other women in her generation. As a veteran screenwriter with a decade’s worth of experience writing for investigative journalism programs among others, the author brilliantly, realistically captures the stories of ordinary people. Tripartite in nature, the book is at once a narrative, a deep culling of statistics, and relevant articles/think pieces. The result is realistic fiction tied inextricably with literary journalism. In an age where legal discrimination is shown to have significantly diminished, this highly relevant title uncovers the ways in which insidious, subtle discrimination continues to limit and oppress women daily.
One day, Kim Ji Yeong starts to speak, as if possessed, in her mother’s voice at a gathering of her in-laws and dumbfounds everyone with her too-blunt observations. A few days later, she speaks in the voice of still another woman, her husband’s ex, and shocks her husband. Shaken, her husband arranges counseling for her odd symptoms and Ji Yeong’s treatment begins in earnest. In her psychiatrist’s office, she recounts her life and indeed, the book slyly takes a stylistic page from counseling notes. The setting shifts to the past and the novel begins to trace her life starting from her childhood. What troubling reasons could she have for the loss of her voice and the apparent vocal possession by others? The answer lies both in the past and in the present.
- About the Author
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Cho Nam joo
(English) The author was born in Seoul in 1978. She graduated from the Department of Sociology, Ewha Womans University and worked as a scriptwriter for current affairs and culture programs, such as <PD Note>, <Complaint Zero>, and <Live Today Morning>, for 10 years. She debuted as a novelist in 2011 at winning the Munhakdongne Novel Award with the long novel When You Listen Carefully. She received the Hwangsanbeol Youth Literature Award with the long novel For Gomanechi in 2016 and was granted the 2017 Writer of Today Award with Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 published in the same year. Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 has been translated in various countries worldwide, grabbing global attention. Her books include the full-length novels For Gomanechi, Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982, Saha Mansion, and the novel collection Her Name Is.
(Russian) Родилась в 1978 году в Сеуле. После окончания факультета социологии Женского университета Ихва в течение 10 лет работала автором образовательных программ, таких как [Блокнот PD] [Жалоб нет] [Прямая трансляция сегодня утром]. В 2011 году написала первую работу “Внимательно слушая”, за которую получила премию “Литературный район”. Выиграла премию Today”s Artist Award в 2017 году за роман “Ким Чжи Ён, рожденная в 1982 году” опубликованный в 2016 году. “Ким Чжи Ён, рожденная в 1982 году” в настоящее время переводится на разные языки для стран по всему миру.
(French)
Diplômé de l'Ewha Women's College of Sociology, il a travaillé pendant 10 ans comme rédacteur pour les prestigieux programmes d'arts libéraux tels que PD Notebook, Complaint Zero, et Live Broadcasting this morning pendant 10 ans. En 2011, elle fait ses débuts en tant que romancière avec un prix du roman du quartier littéraire pour "Quand on écoute". Elle a reçu le prix de l'artiste d'aujourd'hui en 2017 pour Kim Ji-Young née en 82, publié la même année que le prix de littérature pour la jeunesse Huangshan Bee en 2016 pour le roman spécial "pour Komanechi". Kim Ji Young, né en 82, est actuellement traduit dans différentes langues à travers le monde et a attiré l'attention du monde entier. Il y a aussi des romans de fond, "Pour Komanechi, Kim Ji Young né en 82, Saha Mansion", et le livre roman "Son nom".
