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{"id":6582735011899,"title":"The Future of Capitalism","handle":"the-future-of-capitalism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe twenty-fifth semi-annual Munk Debate, held on December 4, 2019, pits editorial director and publisher of the \u003ci\u003eNation \u003c\/i\u003eKatrina vanden Heuvel and former finance minister of Greece Yanis Varoufakis against Harvard professor Arthur Brooks and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ecolumnist David Brooks to debate whether the capitalist system is broken.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“We need to organise politically to defend the weak, empower the many, and prepare the ground for reversing the absurdities of capitalism.” — Yanis Varoufakis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Western societies, the capitalist system is facing a level of distrust not seen in decades. Economic inequality is rampant. Life expectancy is falling. The environment is being destroyed for profit. 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The Future of Capitalism
The twenty-fifth semi-annual Munk Debate considers whether the capitalist system is broken.
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Bonnie Jack
From the acclaimed author of the internationally bestselling Ava Lee series, a bold and captivating new novel about a search for lost family and the cost of keeping secrets.
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Biology As Ideology
Renowned geneticist R. C. Lewontin argues that science is a social institution and only by admitting its limitations we can appreciate its real value.
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Night Cars
Teddy Jam's lyrical prose and Eric Beddows's detailed illustrations cast Night Cars in that magical light between sleep and waking.
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The Lost Words Magpie Puzzle
This 500-piece special-edition jigsaw puzzle brings to life Jackie Morris’s magical watercolour painting of magpies from The Lost Words.
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Everything I’ve put aside, thinking it doesn’t mean anything, is actually because I am a woman. I realized how unfair it has been all this time.” — Sooyoung, member of K-pop group Girls’ Generation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A sensation when it appeared in South Korea in 2016, this novel recounts, in the dispassionate language of a case history, the descent into madness of a young wife and mother — a Korean Everywoman whose plight illuminates the effects of a sexist society.” — \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A cultural call to arms … Like Bong Joon Ho’s Academy Award–winning film \u003cem\u003eParasite\u003c\/em\u003e, which unleashed a debate about class disparities in South Korea, Cho’s novel was treated as a social treatise as much as a work of art.” — \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This novel is about the banality of the evil that is systemic misogyny … Upon its publication in South Korea in 2016, the book, which sold more than a million copies, had an \u003cem\u003eUncle Tom’s Cabin\u003c\/em\u003e effect, propelling a feminist wave. It’s easy to see why.” — \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“As she unveils the lifetime of misogyny her protagonist has faced in South Korea, Cho Nam-Joo points to a universal dialogue around discrimination, hopelessness, and fear.” — \u003cem\u003eTime \u003c\/em\u003eMagazine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Cho’s novel became a rallying cry for South Korean women … While Cho’s focus is on South Korean culture, the normalisation of violence and harassment in the book seems all too familiar.” — \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Cho Nam-joo’s third novel has been hailed as giving voice to the unheard everywoman … [\u003cem\u003eKim Jiyoung\u003c\/em\u003e]has become both a touchstone for a conversation around feminism and gender and a lightning rod for anti-feminists who view the book as inciting misandry … [The book] has touched a nerve globally … The character of Kim Jiyoung can be seen as a sort of sacrifice: a protagonist who is broken in order to open up a channel for collective rage. Along with other socially critical narratives to come out of Korea, such as Bong Joon-ho’s Oscar-winning film, \u003cem\u003eParasite\u003c\/em\u003e, her story could change the bigger one.” — \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[Cho Nam-joo] pulls no punches in her delineation of cultural misogyny … The author’s particular achievement is in blending political and stylistic concerns in a cool tone carefully captured in Jamie Chang’s translation … Cho’s moving, witty, and powerful novel forces us to face our reality, in which one woman is seen, pretty much, as interchangeable with any other.” — \u003cem\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/em\u003e (U.K.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The novel’s virtue lies in its broad social impact … To read the book is to imagine being a restive, aggrieved millennial and to trace [Kim Jiyoung’s] path through everyday misogyny.” — \u003cem\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eKim Jiyoung, Born 1982\u003c\/em\u003e has much in common with Han Kang’s\u003cem\u003eThe Vegetarian\u003c\/em\u003e.” — \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A clear-eyed look at damage done.” — \u003cem\u003eStraits Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In this fine — and beautifully translated — biography of a fictional Korean woman, we encounter the real experiences of many women around the world.” — \u003cem\u003eSpectator \u003c\/em\u003e(U.K.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This tale has immediate resonance … Cho’s matter-of-fact delivery underscores the pervasive gender imbalance, while just containing the empathic rage.” — \u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e, STARRED REVIEW\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The book was fresh and shocking to me. It traces the life cycle of an ordinary, typical woman from her school days and working life to marriage and childbirth. At the same time, it shows the history of the women’s policies in Korea.” — Lee Myung-sun, President of the Korean Women’s Development Institute\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I loved this novel. Kim Jiyoung’s life is made to seem at once totally commonplace, and nightmarishly over-the-top. As you read, you constantly feel that revolutionary, electric shift, between commonplace and nightmarish. This kind of imaginative work is so important and so powerful. I hope this book sells a million more copies.” — Elif Batuman, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Idiot\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Written with unbearably clear-sighted perspective, \u003cem\u003eKim Jiyoung, Born 1982\u003c\/em\u003e possesses the urgency and immediacy of the scariest horror thriller — except that this is not technically horror, but something closer to reportage. I broke out in a sweat reading this book.” — Ling Ma, author of\u003cem\u003e Severance\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This book writes about the life of a woman living in Korea: the despair of an ordinary woman, which she experiences without complaint. The fact that it’s not about ‘someone special’ is extremely shocking, but also highly relatable.” — Sayaka Murata, author of \u003cem\u003eConvenience Store Woman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The book constantly resonated with me — it would be better to say that there’s nothing we don’t know about the book than there are things we do know.” — Mieko Kawakami, Akutagawa Prize–winning writer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A fierce and powerful look at modern-day Korean society through the lens of a refreshingly new protagonist. Born in 1982, Kim Jiyoung wins us over with her tolerance and strength. She is every one of us who has been invisible.” — Weike Wang, author of \u003cem\u003eChemistry\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“What any woman might have experienced at least once in her life is calmly portrayed in every two or three pages of the book. The small and big injustices and irregularities — it’s a curse only women are subjected to … The writer of the novel is — or was — exhausted in Korea, for the same reason as I am. The woman who, just like me, bears all the struggles for nothing. Just learning about this alone is enough to make the book a worthwhile read.” — Amamiya Karin, author of \u003cem\u003eAngry Seoul\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“It is strange that tears welled up in my eyes because this story is not at all unfamiliar to me. It is my story and also that of innumerable women of the same generation who grew up under subtle discrimination and violence.” —Choe Jieun, journalist, \u003cem\u003eIZE Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The argument that this is a must-read book for Koreans didn’t sound hollow to me because as I was reading the book, I could understand a little what it is like to live as a woman in Korea.” —Jeong Hyeongmo, culture editor, \u003cem\u003eJoongAng Sunday\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“What’s exceptional about this book is how unexceptional its main character is: she is living the typical life of a Korean woman. It’s a testimony of subtle hardship and everyday discrimination. You’ll probably see something you recognize in there too.” — \u003cem\u003eLitHub\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[A] spirited debut … The brutal, bleak conclusion demonstrates Cho’s mastery of irony. This will stir readers to consider the myriad factors that diminish women’s rights throughout the world.” –– \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The book’s strength lies in how succinctly Cho captures the relentless buildup of sexism and gender discrimination over the course of one woman’s life … The story perfectly captures misogynies large and small that will be recognizable to many.” — \u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Cho deploys a formal, almost clinical prose style that subtly but effectively reinforces the challenges Korean women like Jiyoung endure throughout their lives in multiple contexts — familial, educational, and work-related … \u003cem\u003eKim Jiyoung \u003c\/em\u003eeffectively communicates the realities Korean women face, especially discrimination in the workplace, rampant sexual harassment, and the nearly impossible challenge of balancing motherhood with career aspirations.” — \u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Uncompromising and powerful, [\u003cem\u003eKim Jiyoung, Born 1982\u003c\/em\u003e] shows hidden misogyny in sharp relief.” — \u003cem\u003eBookseller\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Though she’s a fictional character, Kim Jiyoung is a symbolic figure in Korea. It seems her status will be even more elevated as novel \u003cem\u003eKim Jiyoung, Born 1982\u003c\/em\u003e recently became a million seller.” — \u003cem\u003eKorea Herald\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Not only a riveting read, but a mirror to society that is daring enough to portray us as faceless as we truly are.” — \u003cem\u003eKorean Literature Now\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“It has touched the hearts of readers of diverse backgrounds across Korea for its subtleness. Rather than depicting extreme situations for the sake of the plot, the book calmly describes common experiences that happen in the everyday lives of Korean women — things that have always been there, but have never been thought of as problematic until recently.” — \u003cem\u003eKorea Joon Gang Daily\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Irene, a member of the girl group Red Velvet, faced an online backlash after she told a fan that she’d been reading \u003cem\u003eKim Jiyoung, Born 1982\u003c\/em\u003e, a book that quietly chronicles all the small ways women experience being ‘less than’ in Korea … [and] illustrates the injustices faced by Korean women.” — \u003cem\u003eQuartz Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Published without fanfare … the book sales rose steeply through word of mouth, and now it is the best-selling fiction. It is used as teaching material for some universities’ sociology courses, and Roh Hoe-chan, the floor leader of the Justice Party, gave the book as a gift to President Moon Jae-in … \u003cem\u003eKim Jiyoung, Born 1982\u003c\/em\u003e became a social phenomenon.” —\u003cem\u003eHankook Ilbo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eKim Jiyoung, Born 1982\u003c\/em\u003e is an issues-driven novel … It was also the most talked about book in the spring of 2017.” —\u003cem\u003eChosun Pub\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Chilling.” — \u003cem\u003eDomino \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Compelling … A sharp punch.” — \u003cem\u003eTimes of London\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[\u003cem\u003eKim Jiyoung, Born 1982\u003c\/em\u003e’s] debut in North America was highly anticipated, and now that I’ve read this slim novel, I see what all the fuss was about.” — \u003cem\u003eI’ve Read This\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Quote_from_review_0":"Cho’s novel became a rallying cry for South Korean women . . . While Cho’s focus is on South Korean culture, the normalisation of violence and harassment in the book seems all too familiar.","OtherText_Quote_from_review_1":"The novel’s virtue lies in its broad social impact . . . To read the book is to imagine being a restive, aggrieved millennial and to trace [Kim Jiyoung’s] path through everyday misogyny.","OtherText_Quote_from_review_2":"This tale has immediate resonance . . . Cho’s matter-of-fact delivery underscores the pervasive gender imbalance, while just containing the empathic rage.","OtherText_Quote_from_review_3":"This tale has immediate resonance . . . Cho’s matter-of-fact delivery underscores the pervasive gender imbalance, while just containing the empathic rage.","OtherText_Quote_from_review_4":"This novel is about the banality of the evil that is systemic misogyny . . . Upon its publication in South Korea in 2016, the book, which sold more than a million copies, had an Uncle Tom’s Cabin effect, propelling a feminist wave. It’s easy to see why.","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"A bestseller that has sold over one million copies internationally and the most important book to have come out of South Korea since The Vegetarian.","PrizeCodeText_0":"Long-listed","PrizeCodeText_1":"Commended","PrizeCode_0":"05","PrizeCode_1":"03","PrizeName_0":"National Book Award for Translated Literature","PrizeName_1":"A LitHub Most Anticipated Book of 2020","PrizeYear_0":"2020","PrizeYear_1":"2020","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"2020-04-14","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"A bestseller that has sold over one million copies internationally and the most important book to have come out of South Korea since The Vegetarian.","Width":"5.5","WidthCode":"in"}
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
A bestseller that has sold over one million copies internationally and the most important book to have come out of South Korea since The Vegetarian.
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Intruder
In Intruder, acclaimed poet Bardia Sinaee explores with vivid and precise language themes of encroachment in contemporary life.
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The Educated Imagination
Northrop Frye's 1962 CBC Massey Lectures provide a wonderful and concise introduction to his theories of literature and literary education.
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ages 4
to 8
/ grades K
to 3
Our Little Kitchen
A picture book about a lively evening in a community kitchen from Governor General’s Award–winning author and illustrator Jillian Tamaki.
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Others attempted to find a land route. Many hundreds of men perished in the attempt, until finally, in 1906, Roald Amundsen completed the voyage by ship. Today global warming has brought interest in the passage back to a fever pitch as nations contend with each other over its control and future uses.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe historic search inspired Canadian folk musician Stan Rogers to write \"Northwest Passage\", a song that has become a widely known favorite since its 1981 release. It describes Stan's own journey overland as he contemplates the arduous journeys of some of the explorers, including Kelsey, Mackenzie, Thompson and especially Franklin. The song is moving and haunting, a paean to the adventurous spirit of the explorers and to the beauty of the vast land and icy seas.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe lyrics are accompanied by the striking paintings of multiple award-winning artist Matt James. 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Northwest Passage
A stunning pictorial representation of the search for the Northwest Passage as seen by painter Matt James, inspired by Stan Rogers’ iconic song.
