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New Review: Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo
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pikemalarkey's avatar pikemalarkey 5 years ago

Something exciting is brewing up in South Korea. Not long ago there was a wave of articles about Korean feminism - the backlash against the beauty industry (I think they are no.1 in the world for the number of cosmetic plastic surgeries), the women who choose not to have relationships with men at all (despite being heterosexual)...I see this as part of that wave. Very interested to see what comes next.

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pikemalarkey's avatar pikemalarkey 5 years ago

'the narrative equivalent of thrashing frantically with a spade in a deep hole'. Well said!

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readingproject's avatar readingproject 5 years ago

And I worried about that one. The author did a plot set-up which was unnecessary to the plot (I thought) and then had to be clumsily explained away late in the novel to no purpose. But it was pretty good on the whole.

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pikemalarkey's avatar pikemalarkey 5 years ago

I haven't read the book so cannot confirm or deny, it but it was a fun turn of phrase.

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Another New Review: The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
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New Review: Enter the Aardvark by Jessica Anthony
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New Review: Here we Are by Graham Swift
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