Resilience reads
How do we stay present when our visions of the future keep changing? It’s a question on everyone’s minds—including publishers, who have moved to postpone many spring releases. It also drives many books still set to arrive late this month. From debut novelists to seasoned storytellers, these writers show us how to brace for unanticipated hardship, whatever that might look like. In doing so, they offer a welcome sense of relief—immersing us in the drama of someone else’s narrative.
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
Cho Nam-Joo
Since it was published in Korean in to a new audience. The book follows a woman crushed by the expectations of her gender, feelings that lead to harrowing conversations with her therapist. As she unveils the lifetime of misogyny her protagonist has faced in South Korea, Cho points to a dialogue around discrimination, hopelessness and fear that transcends boundaries.
