Cho Nam-Joo

Kim Ji-young, Born 1982 (Korean: 82년생 김지영) is a novel by Cho Nam-Joo. A former scriptwriter for TV programs, Cho took two months to write the story as according to her, the title character "Kim Ji-young's life isn't much different from the one I have lived. That's why I was able to write so quickly without much preparation." Published by Minumsa in October 2016, it has sold more than 1 million copies as of 27 November 2018, becoming the first million-selling Korean novel since Shin Kyung-sook's Please Look After Mom in 2009.

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

82년생 김지영

Rose

Do laws and institutions change values, or do values drive laws and institutions?

tuna

aemouh

While offenders were in fear of losing a small part of their privilege, the victims were running the risk of losing everything. 

Liberty

Magda 

Why do I have to deny myself something I want right now to prepare for a future that may or may not come?

Lindsay Ornedo

Onto the feelings left unsaid for so long that they were desiccated and crackling, a tiny spark of a flame fell and instantly reduced the most shining romance of youth to ashes.

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