One thing that resonated with me that a lot of book bloggers are assuming is Korea-specific were the scenes involving Ji-Young’s parents favoring her younger brother over her and her older sister.

While there are a lot of Korea-specific cultural references, Ji-Young really is an everywoman and I’ve had many similar experiences to hers, even though I was born a year earlier and literally half a world (and another culture) away. It’s stultifyingly normal, but there are moments that any woman can relate to–being forced to tolerate the bullying of little boys in school, being blamed for unwanted attention from men, the difficulties of moving up in the professional world and the thousand small irritations that come from marrying a well-meaning but basic man in a world determined to favor him over you. If that story formed the bulk of the book it would be great, but instead, the narrative is mostly a very dry recital of Ji-Young’s childhood and coming of age up to the point of her breakdown. However, one day she starts channeling the voices and personalities of other women and her concerned husband takes her to a psychiatrist, who dutifully records her life history. She’s a 33-year-old former marketer, well-married with a one-year-old daughter and a fairly pleasant, stable life.

Fittingly, the protagonist of this book is a very ordinary Korean woman. Kim Ji-Young was the most common baby girl’s name in Korea in 1982. And it isn’t entertaining, but it is necessary, I think. Let me start by saying that this is not an enjoyable read at all, but it is important. Kim Jiyoung is every woman.Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 is the life story of one young woman born at the end of the twentieth century raises questions about endemic misogyny and institutional oppression that are relevant to us all.I feel so many ways about this book. A wife who gives up her career and independence for a life of domesticity.Kim Jiyoung has started acting strangely. A model employee but gets overlooked for promotion. A good student who doesn’t get put forward for internships. A daughter whose father blames her when she is harassed late at night.

A female preyed upon by male teachers at school. She is a sister made to share a room while her brother gets one of his own. Kim Jiyoung is a girl born to a mother whose in-laws wanted a boy. You can read this before Kim-Ji Young, nata nel 1982 PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom. Here is a quick description and cover image of book Kim-Ji Young, nata nel 1982 written by Cho Nam-Joo which was published in October 14, 2016.

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