Cho Nam-joo

Oct 29, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Cho Nam-joo |Jamie Chang |Kristin Hannah |Sally Rooney

This subtle collection is elegant, honest, and empowering. Eight stories of ordinary women living complex lives can also be seen as eight stories of complex women living ordinary lives. In these stories, set largely in Seoul, Korean women ranging in age from 10 to 80 navigate the everyday with a quiet determination to allow themselves joy. Often, the stories give the reader insight into family dynamics in the context of the larger society’s repression.

Dec 28, 2023 | londonkoreanlinks.net | Philip Gowman |Cheon Myeong-kwan |Cho Nam-joo |Dolki Min

When it comes to fiction, 2023 was a year that defied my expectations. Those novels that I hoped or expected to enjoy turned out to be disappointments; those that I thought might be heavy going turned out to be enjoyable. It was a reminder to try better to abide by the maxim of approaching a book without the weight of expectation.

Oct 20, 2023 | straitstimes.com | Cho Nam-joo |Jamie Chang |Shawn Hoo

Miss Kim Knows And Other StoriesBy Cho Nam-joo, translated by Jamie ChangFiction/Scribner/Paperback/224 pages/$19/Amazon SG (amzn.to/49192nY)3 starsThe first book of short stories by Cho Nam-joo to appear in English translation sees the South Korean writer return to the stories of everyday women who live under the demands of patriarchy and family. It is, however, a collection with uneven rewards.