- Sex discrimination against women, Korean language materials, Sexism, Korean fiction
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.
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Contemporary, grave, earnest and contemplative.
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- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Author
- 조남주
- First published
- 2016
- Pages
- 190
- Publisher
- 민음사
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- Korean
- ISBN
- 9788937473005
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