{"product_id":"miss-kim-knows-and-other-stories","title":"Miss Kim Knows and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCho Nam-Joo \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSearing stories that critique the gender pressures and injustices rife in modern Korea from the author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eKim Jiyoung, Born 1982\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEight women. Eight stories. One reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten in Cho Nam-Joo’s masterful, razor-sharp prose,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMiss Kim Knows\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebrings together the lives of eight Korean women, aged ten to eighty. Contained in each of these sensational stories is a microcosm of contemporary Korea, and the challenges and injustices that women face from childhood to old age. As with\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eKim Jiyoung, Born 1982\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"UTP","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49168514154782,"sku":"9781487012120","price":24.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0669\/3584\/9246\/files\/BNCImageAPI-2024-09-16T160438.314.jpg?v=1726517104","url":"https:\/\/www.cedarcanoebooks.com\/products\/miss-kim-knows-and-other-stories","provider":"Cedar Canoe Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}