Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 -

Cho Nam-Joo

Liveright

2020

166 páginas

5h 32m

ISBN-10: B07TK2N3FZ

One of the most notable novels of the year, hailed by both critics and K-pop stars alike, Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 follows one woman's psychic deterioration in the face of rampant misogyny. In a tidy apartment on the outskirts of Seoul, millennial "everywoman" Kim Jiyoung spends her days caring for her infant daughter. But strange symptoms appear: Jiyoung begins to impersonate the voices of other women, dead and alive. As she plunges deeper into this psychosis, her concerned husband sends her to a psychiatrist. Jiyoung narrates her story to this doctor--from her birth to parents who expected a son to elementary school teachers who policed girls' outfits to male coworkers who installed hidden cameras in women's restrooms. But can her psychiatrist cure her, or even discover what truly ails her? "A social treatise as well as a work of art" (Alexandra Alter, New York Times), Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 heralds the arrival of international powerhouse Cho Nam-Joo.

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5 (Perfeito)

Executado com perfeição, Kim Ji-young, Born 1982, provoca no leitor indignação, angústia e frustração. Nos colocando sob as lentes da Jiyoung, uma mulher sul coreana, que acompanhamos desde sua tenra infância até o amadurecimento, em que cada fase de sua trajetória é marcada pelo extremo sexismo presente na sociedade coreana. Uma leitura muito fluida, na qual é impossível não sentir empatia pela personagem e outras mulheres que a acompanham, sem dúvidas uma obra que merece ser amplamente divulgada e discutida.