They consider themselves very forward and modern, but even after just a few chapters one can clearly see that the entire country has been held back in the 18th century, I mean if your mother says you can't marry the man you love...you don't but you've got to marry who she wants. This mother tries to govern her daughter, nearly destroying her life. The daughter's life has been nearly set out by the actions of her dead father in WW2 and then in Korean war read it, really interesting book
A great book about a true story which will open your mind about people's resilience, the power of propaganda and how a political regim which its still here today has that big power to make you so little