Concerning My Daughter by Kim Hye-Jin
Told in a brutally honest voice that at times simmers with impotent rage, Kim Hye-jins Concerning My Daughter taps into the complexities of motherdaughter dynamics, but also the systemic issues and obstacles that LGBTQ communities face in heteronormative societies.
An admirably nuanced portrait of prejudice. . one that boldly takes on the daunting task of humanizing someone whose prejudice has made her cruel. -- Imogen West Knights * The New York Times *
An acerbic and wise book. -- Catherine Taylor * Irish Times *
I can't help but be moved by a story about women meeting, fighting, helping each other, looking after one another, and raising their voices against the prejudice and criticism they are subject to. -- Cho Nam-joo, author of Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
The self-questioning nature of Hye-jin’s narrator allows her to explore the tensions between mother and daughter with great deftness. The mother’s socially conservative values clash against her unwavering love for her daughter: how best to protect Green in a dangerous, changing world? -- Rojbîn Arjen Yigit * The Arts Desk *
Concerning My Daughter is one of the best character studies I've read in years - thoughtful, complicated and surprisingly kind, it raises important questions about ageing, family, and both the cost and the value of change. -- Jessie Greengrass, author of An Account of the Decline of the Great Auk and Sight
Kim’s compassionate portrayal of the narrator’s contradictions and ever-changing feelings makes her project captivating and moving. Readers will be grateful to discover this new author. * Publisher's Weekly Starred Review *
An acerbic and wise book. -- Catherine Taylor * Irish Times *
I can't help but be moved by a story about women meeting, fighting, helping each other, looking after one another, and raising their voices against the prejudice and criticism they are subject to. -- Cho Nam-joo, author of Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
The self-questioning nature of Hye-jin’s narrator allows her to explore the tensions between mother and daughter with great deftness. The mother’s socially conservative values clash against her unwavering love for her daughter: how best to protect Green in a dangerous, changing world? -- Rojbîn Arjen Yigit * The Arts Desk *
Concerning My Daughter is one of the best character studies I've read in years - thoughtful, complicated and surprisingly kind, it raises important questions about ageing, family, and both the cost and the value of change. -- Jessie Greengrass, author of An Account of the Decline of the Great Auk and Sight
Concerning My Daughter is a work that is unafraid of the human body in all its contradictions, at once philosophical and practical in its treatment of the aging body, the gendered body, the body’s capacity for acts of caretaking, protest, and love. Urgent, timely, tender.
-- Yoon Choi, author of SkinshipConcerning My Daughter provides desperate narratives of its female characters. It’s the story of a mother and a daughter, but it goes beyond the relationship and is also ahead of our time. By accompanying the women’s journey overcoming pain and suffering in their lives, we will see our stereotypes broken in the end. The great power smashing our fixed old ideas! This book is filled with such energy.
-- Kyung-sook Shin, author of Please Look After Mom and VioletsKim’s compassionate portrayal of the narrator’s contradictions and ever-changing feelings makes her project captivating and moving. Readers will be grateful to discover this new author. * Publisher's Weekly Starred Review *
Kim Hye-jin was born in Daegu, Korea, in 1983. She debuted in 2012 when her story ‘Chicken Run’ won Dong-A Ilbo’s Spring Literary Award. She won the Joongang Novel Prize for Joongang Station, and the Shin Dong-yup Prize for Literature for Concerning My Daughter.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781529057676 |
| ISBN 10 | 1529057671 |
| Title | Concerning My Daughter |
| Author | Kim Hye-Jin |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Year published | 2022-04-14 |
| Number of pages | 176 |
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