Your neighbour's table
Ku, Pyŏng-mo, 1976-2024
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"When Yojin moves with her husband and daughter into the Dream Future Pilot Communal Apartments, she's ready for a fresh start. Located on the outskirts of Seoul, the experimental community is a government initiative designed to boost the national birth rate. Like her neighbours, Yojin has agreed to have at least two more children over the next ten years. Yet, from the day she arrives, Yojin feels uneasy about the community spirit thrust upon her. Her concerns grow as communal childcare begins and the other parents show their true colours. Apartment Women traces the lives of four women in the apartments, all with different aspirations and beliefs. Will they find a way to live peacefully? Or are the cultural expectations around parenthood stacked against them from the start? A trenchant social novel from an award-winning author, Apartment Women incisively illuminates the unspoken imbalance of women's parenting labour, challenging the age-old assumption that "it takes a village" to raise a child"-- Provided by publisher.
Main title:
Your neighbour's table / Gu Byeong-mo ; translated by Chi-young Kim.
Author:
Ku, Pyŏng-mo, 1976-, authorKim, Chi-Young, translator
Edition:
English language edition.
Imprint:
London : Wildfire, 2024.©2024
Collation:
218 pages ; 22 cm
Notes:
Originally published in South Korea as [Ne iut ŭi sikt'ak] (Four neighbors' dining table) by Minumsa Publishing Co. Ltd in 2018.Translated from the Korean.
ISBN:
9781035416479 (pbk)9781035416479
Dewey class:
895.735
Language:
EnglishKorean
Subject:
BRN:
573596
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hampton Library | Adult Fiction - General | KU | Available |