I bought the book in English last summer in London just a few months before it was translated into Italian. I was interested in the subject and the title intrigued me, so I decided to take the book also considering the great reviews I read about it. At first I was a bit skeptical and did not know whether to continue reading or not, especially because I found the first of the three parts of the book very, very slow. But then something in the rythm changed and I really started to enjoy it. The Seoul of this book is a completely different kind of reality from the one we are used to. It's made of hierarchical and strictly codified social relationships, both in the family and among colleagues. The author immediately outlines the anonymous characters in a fast and flawlessly way. Women, main character Yeong-Hye included, are seen by their husbands as obedient creatures, good at cooking, family-oriented and home caring. Men instead are described by the author ad as hollow and pat...
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