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Miss Kim Knows and Other Stories

By: Cho Nam-Joo
Narrated by: Mei Mei Macleod
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 FROM THE AUTHOR OF KIM JIYOUNG, BORN 1982

'There is laughter and joy to be found in these pages, along with the kind of laughter that sets two women over 50 rolling in the snow with tears streaming down their frozen cheeks and the aurora borealis dancing above them.' The Observer

‘A thought-provoking, nuanced read’ Sarah Manning, Red

'Dazzling prose' Elle

Eight women. Eight stories. One reality.

A woman is born. A woman is filmed in public without consent. A woman suffers domestic violence. A woman is gaslit. A woman is discriminated against at work. A woman grows old. A woman becomes famous. A woman is hated, and loved, and then hated again.

Written in Cho Nam-Joo’s masterful, razor-sharp prose, Miss Kim Knows brings together the lives of eight Korean women, aged 10 to 80. Contained in each of these biographies is a microcosm of contemporary Korea, and the challenges and injustices that women face from childhood to old age. As with Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982, the fates of these eight women are the fates of women the world over. And under Cho Nam-Joo’s precise, unveiled gaze, nothing and nobody escapes scrutiny--not even herself.

©2023 Cho Nam-Joo. All rights reserved. (P)2023 Simon & Schuster, UK. All Rights Reserved. Fiction Genre Fiction Political World Literature

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I really enjoyed this collection of stories that glimpsed into the lives of women at different stages of life. I was particularly impressed with the stories that focused on the effects of gaslighting, work place exploitation, similarities women face growing up in families where the male experience is privileged and love in a time of Covid. Whilst the subject matter is serious, the stories were not heavy or depressing and women across the globe will be able to relate to something in each of these stories. Several stories had multigenerational elements which on one hand highlighted elements of progress and on the other how far we still need to go.

I really enjoy this author’s work and hope her work will continue to be translated so readers worldwide can continue to hear her voice and support her work.

A wonderful collection of stories about the female experience

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