Cho Nam-Joo

About The Author

Cho Nam-joo is a former television scriptwriter. In the writing of this book she drew partly on her own experience as a woman who quit her job to stay at home after giving birth to a child. Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 is her third novel. It has had a profound impact on gender inequality and discrimination in Korean society, and has been translated into 18 languages.

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Books by Cho Nam-Joo

On the Balance Beam

By Cho Nam-Joo

Translated by Jamie Chang

The new novel from the author of Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

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