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"""A dystopian thriller with a series of intimate character sketches that form a portrait of a community. (Imagine “Winesburg, Ohio” set in “1984.”)... Cho draws touching portraits of her discarded denizens… illuminat[ing] the systemic enforcement of class in the same way that “Kim Jiyoung” revealed gender inequality…. An affecting portrait of people doing their best to survive in a world that would rather pretend they didn’t exist."" -- Lincoln Michel - New York Times Book Review ""What is it called again when dystopian fiction seems too uncomfortably plausible: Horror? Speculative fiction? A wake-up call? Treading in territories visited over time by Dickens, Orwell, Atwood, Ishiguro, Squid Game, and Parasite, Cho recounts—in specific and painstaking detail—the miserable lives endured by the many residents of the Saha housing complex... This successor to Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 (2020), Cho’s chronicle of the misogynistic forces behind South Korea’s #MeToo movement—a finalist for the National Book Award—addresses another equally corrosive social horror. Read. Weep. Learn."" -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review"

A dystopian thriller with a series of intimate character sketches that form a portrait of a community. (Imagine Winesburg, Ohio set in 1984. )... Cho draws touching portraits of her discarded denizens... illuminat[ing] the systemic enforcement of class in the same way that Kim Jiyoung revealed gender inequality.... An affecting portrait of people doing their best to survive in a world that would rather pretend they didn't exist. -- Lincoln Michel - New York Times Book Review What is it called again when dystopian fiction seems too uncomfortably plausible: Horror? Speculative fiction? A wake-up call? Treading in territories visited over time by Dickens, Orwell, Atwood, Ishiguro, Squid Game, and Parasite, Cho recounts-in specific and painstaking detail-the miserable lives endured by the many residents of the Saha housing complex... This successor to Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 (2020), Cho's chronicle of the misogynistic forces behind South Korea's #MeToo movement-a finalist for the National Book Award-addresses another equally corrosive social horror. Read. Weep. Learn. -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review

A dystopian thriller with a series of intimate character sketches that form a portrait of a community. (Imagine Winesburg, Ohio set in 1984. )... Cho draws touching portraits of her discarded denizens... illuminat[ing] the systemic enforcement of class in the same way that Kim Jiyoung revealed gender inequality.... An affecting portrait of people doing their best to survive in a world that would rather pretend they didn't exist.--Lincoln Michel New York Times Book Review What is it called again when dystopian fiction seems too uncomfortably plausible: Horror? Speculative fiction? A wake-up call? Treading in territories visited over time by Dickens, Orwell, Atwood, Ishiguro, Squid Game, and Parasite, Cho recounts--in specific and painstaking detail--the miserable lives endured by the many residents of the Saha housing complex... This successor to Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 (2020), Cho's chronicle of the misogynistic forces behind South Korea's #MeToo movement--a finalist for the National Book Award--addresses another equally corrosive social horror. Read. Weep. Learn.--Kirkus Reviews, starred review

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Cho Nam-joo was a television scriptwriter for nine years. She is the author of Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982, longlisted for the National Book Award for Translation, and most recently, Saha. Jamie Chang is an award-winning translator who teaches at the Literature Translation Institute of Korea.

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