{"product_id":"9781035416486-your-neighbours-table","title":"Your Neighbour's Table","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn incisive and timely Korean bestseller about marriage, community and motherhood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA poignant and thought-provoking novel in the best Korean literary tradition, exploring the notion of community and women's parenting labour f\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003erom the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Old Woman with the Knife.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An important literary piece of feminist activism'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Taps into the everyday minutiae of motherhood, baring to all the unspoken labours that women take on both inside and out of parenthood'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Really made me reflect on what it actually means to be a part of a community'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Given recent news stories this feels like an incredibly relevant read'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-------------------------------------\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the award-winning Korean author Gu Byeong-mo and International Booker-nominated translator Chi-Young Kim, comes a thought-provoking story of community and the cultural expectations of motherhood.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat are you willing to sacrifice for a 'better' life?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYet, from the day she arrives, Yojin feels uneasy about the community spirit thrust upon her. Her concerns grow as communal child care begins and the other parents show their true colours. \u003ci\u003eYour Neighbour's Table \u003c\/i\u003etraces the lives of four women in the apartments, all with different aspirations and beliefs. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWill they find a way to live peacefully? Or are society's expectations stacked against them from the start?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA trenchant social novel from an award-winning author, \u003ci\u003eYour Neighbour's Table\u003c\/i\u003e incisively illuminates the unspoken imbalance of women's parenting labour and the challenges of working towards a better life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Published in North America with the title APARTMENT WOMEN]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55195527446902,"sku":"9781035416486","price":9.42,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32709648.jpg?v=1738317821","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781035416486-your-neighbours-table","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}