Kim Hye-jin, Concerning my daughter

FictionKim Hye-jin, Concerning my daughter

Posted May 18, 2022 by briscoe in Books

Has anybody read "Concerning my daughter"? It just came out yesterday in Italy, and I fell in love with it. Is anybody familiar with korean radfem culture? I have the feeling that the writer, as a lesbian activist, could be involved in radfem circles. The lesbian characters use nicknames, maybe they're from radfem forums. Any thoughts?

4 comments

Sort by: Best ▾

Korok

May 18, 2022

I haven’t read it, but I just looked it up in one of my hundred open tabs (thanks ~~Obama~~ Ovarit) and the synopsis is too sad and I cry easily and I’ll just leave that tab open.

direct link
source

briscoe [OP]

May 18, 2022

Do it! It really deserves more recognition. My heart ached so much as my mother also works with the elderly, and many expressions of this writer are SO peculiar of (lesbian) women writing

direct link
source

ActualWendy

May 19, 2022

Thanks for this, I will read it. I’ve been looking for stories about how lesbians improve the world, just by being ourselves. I’m so tired of lesbian stories existing only as romances. If that’s all we were, they wouldn’t hate us so much.

direct link
source

Starburns

May 20, 2022

I haven’t read it but I’m going to add it to my list. I just finished reading Kim Jiyoung Born 1982 which was great so also recommend that if you’re interested in Korean feminist novels.

direct link
source

Posted May 18, 2022 by briscoe

Score: 27

/o/Books

7732 subscribers

Created September 25, 2020

Welcome to /o/Books!

This circle is for discussing books of any kind, regardless of genre or subject. Share a book you’ve recently read, request recommendations, post articles about books or authors, share photos of your bookshelves.

Our goal is to encourage reading books of all kinds, and to be a place for open and civil discussion about any book or author. Whether you read occasionally or every day, whatever your reading tastes and opinions, we hope you will join in and support other members.

Use the appropriate flair (post and add afterwards) and use the NSFW option if applicable. No books are prohibited here, but please be mindful of the Ovarit Sitewide Rules when discussing challenging or controversial content.

If your post reveals details of the plot of a recently published book, consider adding “Spoilers” to the subject and in your post. Spoilers aren’t required for older books or very well-known by most people.

If you want to discuss feminist books, please visit /o/FeministBooks.

Rules

Posts and comments should be about books, authors, or related topics.
Be civil. Rude behavior, insults, name-calling, etc. will not be tolerated.
Posts and comments should encourage discussion.
No pirated content or links to torrent sites.
No self-promotion or spam.

Moderators