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O mojej córce scrap

Concerning My Daughter

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Author(s)
Kim Hye-jin김혜진
Translator(s)
Łukasz JanikŁukasz Janik
Publisher
TajfunyTajfuny
Country
POLAND
Language
Polish(Polski)
Year Published
2022
Category
Literary Fiction 순수소설
Target User
Adult 성인
Period
Contemporary 현대

Description 작품 소개

English

Concerning My Daughter is a story told from the point of view of a mother who can’t accept the fact that her daughter is lesbian. One day, when the daughter’s girlfriend moves in with them, she has to face the reality.

Kim Hye-jin’s book is not an easy read – first of all, it seems impossible to like the narrator and her vision. But on the other hand, there’s nothing surprising about her ideas and all these things she hears in her hand and communicates to others are well-known from our own country. We’ve got sexism, homophobia, guilt and fear – what will the neighbors think? Or the coworkers? When will my daughter “grow” out of it?

It seems fair to compare Concerning My Daughter to Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982. This book may not be a literary masterpiece – I’d say the prose is simple and the narration – at times repetitive. However, if you’re interested in LGBT-related topics and want to understand better the fear and sense of lost of the older generations, it will allow you to look at Korean society from a different perspective – the perspective of a mature conservative woman, who would like to have a “normal” daughter with a “normal” life but has nobody in her circle to talk about it.

Reference

TAJFUNY. "O mojej córce", https://tajfuny.pl/en/product/o-mojej-corce/. accessed 22 May 2024.

Author Bio 작가 소개

Kim Hye-jin김혜진

Concerning My Daughter is a story told from the point of view of a mother who can’t accept the fact that her daughter is lesbian. One day, when the daughter’s girlfriend moves in with them, she has to face the reality. Kim Hye-jin’s book is not an easy read – first of all, it seems impossible to like the narrator and her vision. But on the other hand, there’s nothing surprising about her ideas and all these things she hears in her hand and communicates to others are well-known from our own country. We’ve got sexism, homophobia, guilt and fear – what will the neighbors think? Or the coworkers? When will my daughter “grow” out of it? It seems fair to compare Concerning My Daughter to Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 . This book may not be a literary masterpiece – I’d say the prose is simple and the narration – at times repetitive. However, if you’re interested in LGBT-related topics and want to understand better the fear and sense of lost of the older generations, it will allow you to look at Korean society from a different perspective – the perspective of a mature conservative woman, who would like to have a “normal” daughter with a “normal” life but has nobody in her circle to talk about it.

Original Work 원작

Concerning My Daughter

딸에 대하여

By Kim Hye-jin (김혜진)

Minumsa Publishing Group (2017)

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