After being translated into Japanese and published in Japan in February last year, "Kim Ji-young" sold more than 50,000 copies in the first month in becoming the fastest Korean novel to become a bestseller in Japan. Readers in Japan have especially proven responsive to Cho's work. The film rights have been sold to 37 countries. The publishing rights for the book have been sold to 17 countries including not only those in Asia like Japan, China, Taiwan and Vietnam, but also from the West like the U.S., the U.K., Germany, France, Spain and Russia. Since sexism affects societies around the world, the story has struck a chord in countries far and wide. The heated interest in the novel has now gone global. Upon its debut in 2016, the universal story resonated with Korean readers, selling an estimated 1.2 million copies. "Kim Ji-young" describes the sexism inherent in Korean society that affects every stage of a woman's life, from childhood and the classroom to the workplace and beyond.
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