This exciting group of up-and-coming writers are tackling gender, toxic masculinity and the cosmetic industry through their work.
the man’s attack couldn’t be called a hate crime, causing an uproar in the country and a wave of protests for women’s rights., a slim novel that follows an everyday woman who leaves her job to raise a family and also reveals the unspoken sexism experienced by Korean women on a daily basis. Praised by’ RM and Girls’ Generation’s Sooyoung, the bestseller rekindled debates in South Korea around issues of sexism, violence and the limitations of strict gender roles.
It’s common practice for women to disappear from society for a few months while recovering from surgical procedures. In Elisa Shua Dusapin’s novelo, the unnamed protagonist works in a nearly empty hotel set in a tourist town during the off-peak season. One of the guests is a young woman who has escaped Seoul to recover from her cosmetic surgery.
But these novels also reveal that getting a competitive job is often only the start of their characters’ problems. Like Womna in, a new novel by Yun Ko-eun, also features a woman forced to choose between her career at a disaster tourism agency and her safety. After being sexually assaulted by her boss, Yona is viewed as the problem, even by herself.
English translations of Korean literature have exploded over the last few years, with female authors now outnumbering their male counterparts. The popularity of Han Kang’s award-winning, a chilling critique of gendered expectations, is often pointed to as when this boom began. While stylistically these four recent novels couldn’t be more different, their critiques of an unfair society and dissections of gender roles in contemporary South Korea see them working together to push for change.
'Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982' by Cho Nam-joo, translated by Jamie Chang, is out now. 'Winter in Sokcho' by Elisa Shua Dusapin, translated by Aneesa Abbas Higgins, is out now. 'The Disaster Tourist' by Yun Ko-eun, translated by Lizzie Buehler, is published 2 July. I'f I Had Your Face' by Frances Cha is published 23 July.
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