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If I Had Your Face

The glitteringly bold and brilliant novel from the bestselling author

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If I Had Your Face

Yazan: Frances Cha
Seslendiren: Frances Cha, Sue Jean Kim, Ruthie Ann Miles, Jeena Yi
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'Gripping' Curtis Sittenfeld * 'Electrifying' Taylor Jenkins Reid * 'Remarkable' Kevin Kwan * 'Stunning' Sunday Times * 'Brilliant' Pandora Sykes

In South Korea, where impossible beauty standards and ruthless social hierarchies dictate your every move, four women are balancing on a razor's edge:

Kyuri, a beautiful 'room salon' girl paid to entertain wealthy businessmen after hours.
Miho, an artist whose life becomes enmeshed with the offspring of the super-wealthy elite.
Ara, a hairstylist whose obsession with a K-pop star leads her to violent extremes.
Wonna, their neighbour, pregnant with a child that she can't afford.

Set in the drinking dens and beauty salons of Seoul, If I Had Your Face is an electrifying debut novel about female strength, resilience and the solace that friendship can provide.

'Cha's writing always crackles . . . Touching, compelling and icily cool' Observer

'Fascinating, eye-opening, compelling - like the film Parasite, If I Had Your Face is also an exposé of the class system in South Korea' Independent

'Absolutely stunning. . . Assured, bold, and electrifying' Taylor Jenkins Reid, Sunday Times bestselling author of DAISY JONES & THE SIX

'One of the buzziest debuts of the year, If I Had Your Face transports readers to glittering, futuristic Seoul... Essential reading' Vogue

'Culturally fascinating, emotionally layered, gripping and smart' Curtis Sittenfeld, bestselling author of PREP and AMERICAN WIFE

'Glittering, engrossing' Helen Oyeyemi, author of GINGERBREAD

'Remarkable, brilliantly crafted and devastatingly exquisite' Kevin Kwan, bestselling author of CRAZY RICH ASIANS

LONGLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2021

© Frances Cha 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

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Absolutely stunning . . . Assured, bold, and electrifying, If I Had Your Face marks the entrance of a bright new voice in fiction (Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of DAISY JONES & THE SIX)
Each voice in this quartet cuts through the pages so cleanly and clearly that the overall effect is one of dangerously glittering harmony. The tale told here is as engrossing as a war chant, or a mosaic formed with blades, every piece a memento sharpened on those unyielding barriers between us and our ideal lives. (Helen Oyeyemi, award-winning author of GINGERBREAD)
If I Had Your Face is hilarious, cuttingly observant, feminist, and all-around delightful. It is hard to write a book about four protagonists and make you care for all of them-yet somehow Cha succeeds. (Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, Costa-shortlisted author of 'Starling Days')
Troubling, kaleidoscopic, and hugely enjoyable (Nell Zink, author of THE WALLCREEPER, NICOTINE and MISLAID)
It's difficult to believe this is Frances Cha's first novel-she's a masterful storyteller. I couldn't put IF I HAD YOUR FACE down; I was riveted by the stories of four young women navigating life in the extreme, competitive environment of modern Seoul. I loved reading about a world I knew nothing about, and from the first page, it was clear Cha was the best possible guide. I highly recommend this novel. (Ann Napolitano, author of DEAR EDWARD)
Wonderful... unsettling and deeply affecting - the writing is beautifully spare, and captures with such clarity what it means for these four young women to be taught to hope for everything and yet continuously to receive nothing (Rosie Price, author of WHAT RED WAS)
Compelling, understated, casually brutal, and very cynical. I love it. (Hanna Jameson, bestselling author of 'The Last')
If I Had Your Face is a vivid, eviscerating depiction of social realism in contemporary Seoul. Frances Cha renders gender and class struggles with forensic detail, in a luminous voice both knowledgeable and compelling. (Sharlene Teo, author of 'Ponti')
I love the way Frances Cha rotates between mindsets to look at how beauty and privilege influence the way women live, whilst maintaining a sly lightness (Rebecca Watson, author of 'little scratch')
Make way for Frances Cha, an entrancing new voice who guides us into the complexities and contradictions of modern-day Seoul... I devoured it in a single sitting, and so will you. (Janice Lee, NYT Bestselling Author of THE PIANO TEACHER)
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Loved this and all the characters. Great insight in Korean lives of 5 young women trying to make their way through life.

Entertaining light read

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A hard hitting but poignant book about friendship and life in South Korea narrated by 4 different women. I'll miss them.

Loved it!

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An excellent glimpse into Southern Korean culture from a young female perspective. Raw and relatable, enjoyed each chapter and found depth in each character.

Relatable and Insightful

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If I Had Your Face is one of those books that makes you raise your eyebrows so high, you wonder if you’ll need Botox to put them back in place. And honestly, that would probably be encouraged in this world. This is a story set in South Korea, where plastic surgery isn’t just an option; it’s practically a rite of passage. Got your driver’s license? Great. Now let’s fix that jawline.

Cha takes us deep into the lives of four women, each navigating a society where beauty is currency, and being “ugly” is useless. Want a job? A husband? A future? Better make sure your face is “employable” first. The absurdity of it all is fascinating, horrifying, and weirdly entertaining. It’s a world where going broke because of cosmetic surgery is perfectly acceptable, but heaven forbid you’re rich and unattractive.

What I loved most about this book is how it weaves together the lives of these women, each struggling in their own way with sexism, classism, and the pressure to be perfect. They’re connected yet so different, and their stories feel real, raw, and urgent. Cha writes about topics like prostitution and societal expectations, making this more than just a surface-level exploration of beauty culture.

But here’s the thing: just as you’re fully invested in their lives, the book ends. Abruptly. Like someone hit pause mid-conversation and forgot to come back. I wanted more—more depth, more resolution, more time with these characters.

Still, this is a powerful, eye-opening read that left me thinking about the pressures women face—not just in South Korea, but everywhere. It’s sharp, beautifully written, and absurd in all the best ways.

P.S. But Frances Cha, if you’re reading this, can we please get a sequel?

A Beautifully Glimpse into South Korean Society

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A thoroughly fascinating story; intertwined narratives of young Korean women. It explores what it means to be young, successful and ambitious in Korea today. I

Fascinating

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