Short story books from South Korea
Recommended short story books (1)
Travel the world without leaving your chair.
If you are into short story here are some short story books from South Korea for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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Miss Kim Knows and Other Stories by Cho Nam-Joo EN
Country: Asia / South Korea
South Korea
Description:
FROM THE AUTHOR OF KIM JIYOUNG, BORN 1982 Eight women. Eight stories. One reality. A woman is born. A woman is filmed in public without consent. A woman suffers domestic violence. A woman is gaslit. A woman is discriminated against at work. A woman grows old. A woman becomes famous. A woman is hated, and loved, and then hated again. Written in Cho Nam-Joo's masterful, razor-sharp prose, Miss Kim Knows brings together the lives of eight Korean women, aged 10 to 80. Contained in each of these biographies is a microcosm of contemporary Korea, and the challenges and injustices that women face from... continue