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Jinju es una chica mala. Fuma, se mofa de sus profesores, no vuelve a casa para dormir. Su padre no sabe reaccionar más que con los puños. En el instituto, son las antiguas alumnas las que propinan palizas a las nuevas. Ya sea en casa, en clase o en la calle, la violencia es omnipresente en la vida de las jóvenes coreanas. Con quince años, Jinju conoce a Jung-ae, con la que entabla una relación de amistad muy intensa, y ambas deciden fugarse. Esa amistad se convierte en su refugio, pero también en una peligrosa escapatoria hacia el mundo de los adultos...Ancco rememora su propia adolescencia, sombría y brutal, en la Corea del Sur de los años 90, que sufre una grave crisis económica. Su barrio, donde no se atisba ningún horizonte, está a mil leguas de la Corea tecnológica alabada internacionalmente. Los adultos llevan vidas grises, y la violencia física y moral está a la orden del día.

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At nineteen, the idea that you have your whole life ahead of you with endless possibilities can leave you terrifyingly stiff. Throwing mobility to the wind, you dull yourself with booze. The grownups around you are stunted by their own failures so they act out with alcohol, too, sometimes with violence. What was once the hope of youth quickly spirals into powerlessness and malaise as the days trickle by you. Ancco expertly renders the moment of suspension between the desire to grow up and the fear that accompanies it. Autobiography blends with fiction in these coming-of-age stories about people reckoning with their place in their community and women coming to terms with other women. A boy living with HIV tries to decide how he s going to tell his parents or whether he should tell them at all. A mother puts pressure on her daughter to pass her exams, and the stress of it all drives them both to drink, fueling a toxic relationship with a lot of care just below the ugly surface. Another girl keeps getting bruises, but who s inflicting the damage herself or a loved one? And dogs seemingly the only ones capable of unconditional love offer some reprieve. Ancco delivers a cutting panorama of contemporary Korean society that s much darker than one might expect, while also brimming with life and the vitality of youth.

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