![]() ![]() ![]() The novel highlights the beauty industry and social strata of postmodern South Korea while exploring themes of childhood abuse, patriarchy, and misogyny. ![]() Women face a precarious situation of competition and social stratification, which is the hallmark of the city’s cultural demands a heavy toll for the endless quest of self-solicitude and socially upward mobility. We find these young ladies confronting a capitalist, consumerist, and competitive society with the help of real friendship and concurrence, striving against the prescribed, uneven social hierarchies projected in form of patriarchy, class distinction, and inequality. 274 pages.įRANCES CHA, A FORMER travel and culture reporter for CNN in Seoul, aims to engross in her debut novel If I Had Your Face, a desperate yearning for survival of four female characters amidst the social hub of contemporary South Korea. ![]()
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