Kim Ji-young, Born in 1982 (Spanish Edition)

Kim Ji-young is a 33-year-old woman with the most common name in Korea. Her story has ignited the entire Asian region. "I don't even know if I'll get married or have children. Or I might even die before that. Why do I have to give up what I want to be or do for a future that I'm not even sure will come?" This novel has evolved from a brief tale of a young Korean woman to become an earthquake that has shaken women across the globe.

Kim Ji-young, who carries the most common name among Korean women born in 1982, is seemingly an ordinary woman with an unremarkable youth, always in the shadows. Everything twists when, suddenly, Kim starts speaking with the voices of her mother, a disappeared friend, and many other women. What seemed like a joke takes on the tone of a response, an insurrection, and to others, the tone of an illness.

This book has been a charge against the literary landscape of every country in which it has been published. Beneath its apparent simplicity, there is a sense of danger that throbs throughout its pages, opening a crack in the standards of contemporary literature.

Reviews praise the book's timeliness, calling it "a valid reference in any conversation about feminism or gender, and a beacon for anti-feminists." Kim Ji-young is seen as "a sacrificed protagonist channeling collective rage." The novel is described as "a slap in the face" that "warns us of what's really going on," with the success "opening a way like a beautiful story of ugly normalcy; of a discrimination that is not violent; of a low-intensity domination that still burdens women against men."

Reviewers suggest the book has "helped bring women's concerns to the forefront of public debate," evoking a response where "my eyes filled with tears, because this story is not at all strange to me. It is my story and that of countless women of the same generation who grew up under subtle discrimination and violence." The "lean and unadorned narrative condenses the iniquities of an entire life into a sharp punch," generating "equal parts rage and fascination," and "forcing us to confront our own reality, where a woman is considered more or less interchangeable with any other."

In summary, Kim Ji-young's story has transformed from a individual tale into a seismic literary event, resonating with women worldwide and challenging the norms of contemporary fiction.

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