Oxford Wine & Books for 20s & 30s

'Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982’ by Cho Nam-Joo is a literary novel about a young woman trapped by society. In a small, tidy apartment on the outskirts of Seoul lives Kim Jiyoung. A thirty-year-old “millennial everywoman”, she has recently quit her job in order to care for her newborn daughter full-time. But she quickly begins to exhibit strange symptoms that alarm her husband, parents, and in-laws: Jiyoung impersonates the voices of other women—alive and even dead, both known and unknown to her. As she plunges deeper into this psychosis, the novel goes back into the past and recounts her life story.

I'm really excited to read this book. I've had it on my to-read list for a while!
Looking forward to discussing it with everyone :)

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A groundbreaking work of science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of a lone human emissary to Winter, an alien world whose inhabitants spend most of their time without a gender. His goal is to facilitate Winter's inclusion in a growing intergalactic civilization. But to do so he must bridge the gulf between his own views and those of the completely dissimilar culture that he encounters.

Embracing the aspects of psychology, society, and human emotion on an alien world, The Left Hand of Darkness stands as a landmark achievement in the annals of intellectual science fiction.

Another book I'm looking forward to reading. And my first Ursula K. Le Guin read! *gasp*

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