Nominee · National Book Award for Translated Literature 2020
Kim Ji-young, Born 1982
by Cho Nam-joo
2016 novel by Cho Nam-joo
Kim Ji-young is an "ordinary woman" in her thirties, with a husband and daughter and a home in the suburbs. One day she begins to behave abnormally, and her concerned husband arranges for her to attend counseling sessions. The doctor's notes of their conversations with Ji-young reveal her experiences as an "ordinary woman" living with discrimination and sexism.
Synopsis from Open Library.
- Language
- Korean
- Genre
- feminist novel



