If I Had Your Face

De: Frances Cha

Narrado por: Frances Cha, Sue Jean Kim, Ruthie Ann Miles, Jeena Yi

Brought to you by Penguin.

If I Had Your Face plunges us into the mesmerising world of contemporary Seoul - a place where extreme plastic surgery is as routine as getting a haircut, where women compete for spots in secret 'room salons' to entertain wealthy businessmen after hours, where K-Pop stars are the object of all-consuming obsession and ruthless social hierarchies dictate your every move.

Navigating this cutthroat city are four young women balancing on the razor edge of survival: Kyuri, an exquisitely beautiful woman whose hard-won status at an exclusive 'room salon' is threatened by an impulsive mistake with a client; her flatmate, Miho, an orphan who wins a scholarship to a prestigious art school in New York, where her life becomes tragically enmeshed with the super-wealthy offspring of the Korean elite; Wonna, their neighbour, pregnant with a child that she and her husband have no idea how they will afford to raise in a fiercely competitive economy; and Ara, a hair stylist living down the hall, whose infatuation with a fresh-faced K-Pop star drives her to violent extremes.

©2020 Frances Cha (P)2020 Penguin Audio

Enjoyable easy listen that tackles serious issues

I truly loved it! Multiple narrators add to the wonderful dynamics between characters. The ending could have been more rounded up, but it introduced me into the modern Korean worldview and culture which I lacked in my literary education.

To each their own

A highly acclaimed title for 2020 which I just could not finish. Perhaps, to each their own.