Counsel culture : a novel / Kim Hye-jin ; translated from the Korean by Jamie Chang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kim, Hye-jin, 1983- author.

Contributor:

Chang, Jamie, translator.

Standardized Title:

Gyeongcheong. English

Language:

English

Korean

Subjects (All):

Counseling psychologists--Fiction.

Counseling psychologists.

Cancel culture--Fiction.

Cancel culture.

Social isolation--Fiction.

Social isolation.

Genre:

Novels.

Physical Description:

200 pages ; 18 cm

Edition:

First Restless Books paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Amherst : Restless Books, 2024.

Language Note:

In English, translated from the Korean.

Summary:

"Haesoo is a successful therapist and regular guest on a popular TV program. But when she makes a scripted negative comment about a public figure who later commits suicide, she finds herself ostracized by friends, fired from her job, and her marriage begins to unravel. These details come to the reader gradually, in meditative prose, through bits and pieces of letters that Haesoo writes and finally abandons as she walks alone through her city. One day she has an unexpected encounter with Sei, a 10-year-old girl attempting to feed an orange cat. Stray cats seem to be everywhere; they have the concern of one other neighborhood woman and the ire of everyone else. Like Haesoo and Sei, the cats endure various insults and recover slowly. Haesoo, who would not otherwise care about animals or form relationships with children, now finds herself pulled back by degrees into the larger world"-- Back cover.

Notes:

"Originally published as Gyeongcheong in Korea by Minumsa Publishing Co."--Title page verso.

ISBN:

9781632062321

1632062321

OCLC:

1386700811