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Jamie Chang

    Kim Ji-Young, Nacida En 1982 / Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
    The Wizard's Bakery
    • The Wizard's Bakery

      • 256 páginas
      • 9 horas de lectura

      The award-winning, shocking Korean bestseller, a unique tale where magic comes at a price. 'A story of choice and consequence. Unique and unorthodox' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'I didn't want to stop reading, I still don't want the story to be over' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'Don't we all need a little magic in our lives sometimes?' Open twenty-four hours a day in a quiet Seoul neighbourhood, The Wizard's Bakery seems like any other where you can buy bread, cakes, and pastries, with a somewhat grumpy man behind the counter. For a desperate runaway teen, it's a refuge from a fractured home - until he discovers the pastries hold magic: madeleines to fix broken hearts, almond bars to unearth memories buried deep within and cinnamon cookies for your worst enemies. But each of these items come with a warning: the power contained in the treats inevitably alters the order of the world and can produce dramatic consequences for those who consume them, consequences that need to be weighed carefully. Under the stern eye of the bakery's gruff wizard and his mysterious blue-haired assistant, the boy learns about the responsibility that comes with working in a bakery where every bite comes with a price. READERS ARE COMPLETELY BEWITCHED BY THIS MAGICAL TALE: 'A very profound story with a lot to take away' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'Absolutely charming and unexpectedly poignant' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'Magic has never been so tempting' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

      The Wizard's Bakery
      5,0
    • El bestseller mundial de Corea narra la historia de Kim Jiyoung, una mujer de mediana edad que abandona su trabajo para cuidar de su bebé, cumpliendo así con las expectativas sociales impuestas a las mujeres coreanas. A medida que avanza la trama, Jiyoung comienza a experimentar extraños síntomas: su personalidad parece fragmentarse y empieza a asumir las identidades de otras mujeres que conoce. Cuando su estado mental se agrava, su esposo, angustiado, la lleva a un psiquiatra, quien describe la vida de Jiyoung como una existencia marcada por la frustración y la sumisión. Su comportamiento es constantemente vigilado por hombres a su alrededor, desde profesores que imponen estrictos uniformes para las niñas hasta compañeros que instalan cámaras ocultas en los baños de mujeres. Su padre culpa a Jiyoung por las agresiones que sufre, y su esposo espera que renuncie a su carrera por el bien de la familia. La novela revela la dolorosa cotidianidad de una mujer en Corea y expone una misoginia que resuena con mujeres de todo el mundo.

      Kim Ji-Young, Nacida En 1982 / Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
      4,2