Kim jiyoung born 1982 by cho nam joo6/20/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Jiyoung’s life is also set against more positive developments, such as new legislation against gender discrimination – but the path to progress is serpentine. ![]() Cho spotlights the Korean financial crisis of 1997, after which increases in wage inequality and barriers to social mobility contributed to a sense of despair, fuelling misogynistic sentiments. Her derangement is the only way out of the cramped paradox of gender-based roles.Īs time passes, the novel shows how attitudes towards gender are entwined with socioeconomic issues. Cho’s formal excision of any sense of imaginative possibility is highly effective in creating an airless, unbearably dull world in which Jiyoung’s madness makes complete sense. What does it mean to narrate a life in a strictly chronological fashion? The linearity of the account feels claustrophobic, with the case-study style objectifying Jiyoung and stripping her of her interiority. ![]()
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