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2020 selection · Fiction & literature

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982: A Novel

by Cho Nam-Joo, translated by Jamie Chang

NPR Books We Love · Recommendation

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982: A Novel by Cho Nam-Joo, translated by Jamie Chang appears in NPR’s 2020 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around book club ideas, family matters, identity & culture, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.

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