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Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
- Narrated by: Jamie Parker
- Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins
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Summary
The multi-million-copy-selling international best seller.
Ms Kim Jiyoung is a sibling made to share a room with her sister while their little brother gets a room of his own.
Ms Kim Jiyoung is a schoolgirl who has to line up behind the boys in the lunch queue. Ms Kim Jiyoung is a daughter whose father blames her for being harassed late at night.
Ms Kim Jiyoung is a good student who doesn’t get put forward for internships. Ms Kim Jiyoung excels at her job but gets overlooked for promotion. Ms Kim Jiyoung is a wife who gives up her career and independence for a life of domesticity.
Ms Kim Jiyoung has started acting strangely.
Ms Kim Jiyoung is depressed.
Ms Kim Jiyoung is mad.
Ms Kim Jiyoung is her own woman.
Ms Kim Jiyoung is every woman.
Ms Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 is the South Korean sensation which has got the whole world talking. The life story of one young woman born halfway across the globe at the end of the 20th century raises questions about endemic misogyny and institutional oppression which are relevant to us all.
Riveting, original and uncompromising, this is the most important book to have emerged from South Korea since Han Kang’s The Vegetarian.
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- Caroline
- 11-04-20
First audio book!
Really enjoyed this. Found the narrators voice very easy to listen to. A very interesting story.
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- Mrs Sarah Birch
- 17-04-21
Why a male narrator?
This is a book about gender equality and it gives voice to a South Korean woman - why is it narrated by a man??!!!
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- Lou
- 30-03-23
Interesting
Feel validated by some parts of the universal woman experience, and upset by the way some societies are set up to disadvantage/exclude half of the population.
Really would have preferred a women narrator for the subject matter, even more ideally a Korean woman narrating, as takes you out of the story to have a British male narrator (even though he's a great and clear narrator with a nice voice, it seems a really ill fit for this specific book)
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- Kirsty
- 07-11-21
Interesting and enjoyable
I wasn't sure what to expect when starting but the book was poignant and moving. As a feminist there were many times you were left angry at the treatment of women in the novel but in many ways grateful to see that some things have moved on since the setting of the book. This was a short and enjoyable listen and the narrator was clear with a good tone for this type of book.
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- Anonymous User
- 15-03-21
Hits the nail on the head
If you're considering getting this book, I'd say go for it. It has a message and it delivers it in 3 hours. The reader gives a really nice performance- he has great pace and tone, and I found it really complements the book. I honestly had no idea that sexism continues to be so rampant in South Korea and I'm so glad I listened to this book. Even if sexism isn't so blatant where I live, Cho Nam-Joo was able to put my frustrations into words, and it was such a relief.
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- Jat
- 04-04-23
Deceptively simple and hard hitting themes
Don’t let the easy prose and pleasant unfolding of the story fool you. This is big themes and heavy hitting stuff presented all nice and simple, just like the main character herself.
I personally didn’t have an issue with a male narrator on the audio; yes it was an interesting choice but I liked that it was a male voice dominating her experiences, seemed fitting considering the topics and themes at play.
I listened again immediately after completing it and enjoyed it even more second time around.
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- Jason Tsang
- 27-04-23
Not your average K-Drama
Since the film came out, I've wanted to both watch the film and read the book. it's a good story and there are many things that men in East Asia know about. South Korea might be very developed in some areas, but re equality and respect for women. Well that's something that still needs attention. I have no problems with a man reading the book, However, it would have been better if he was Korean or can pronounced Korean words better.
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- Anonymous User
- 01-05-23
I don't get the fuss
I don't get the fuss over this book. Yes the culture in Korea is awful from Western point if view but it's an old culture and changes slowly. And it's not so much better in all Western countries either where motherhood anyway often shortens women's careers. Ok book but not worth the outrage and fuss
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- Aisha Sarpong
- 23-02-24
Motherhood is not easy and womanhood is even harder.
A really incredible read.
This is a book every man in your life needs to read to understand the struggles women go through that they are oblivious to or cannot see.
It might change someone's perspective on womanhood, maturity and motherhood. Maturity and parenting are all skills we must acquire both boys becoming men and girls become women. It does does not come naturally men hence the same grace must be extended to women by providing a good support system. This requires not shaming women for not meeting the societal expectations of womanhood and motherhood. Because at the end of the day shame is not a good teacher or mentor.
Highly recommend.
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- Jacob
- 05-03-24
I had to return this books
I really couldn't stand the voice on this one, also why a powerful feminist book is read by a dude? takes me out of the experience
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