Capitalists Must Starve

Title: Capitalists Must Starve
Author: Seolyeon Park
ISBN: 9781917126212
Publisher: Tilted Axis Press
Published: 2025
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 212
Section: Fiction | Historical | 20th Century - General
Publisher Description:

From the writer and translator duo of A Magical Girl Retires, a powerful historical novel about labour activism in Japanese-occupied Korea.

Set against the backdrop of Japanese-occupied Korea, Capitalists Must Starve follows a sharp-tongued, big-hearted heroine who dares to love, rebel, and carve out space for working-class women in a world determined to silence them. Echoing the unflinching narratives of Alias Grace and the sweeping historical vision of Pachinko, this feminist historical novel balances raw grit with unexpected tenderness and a defiant streak of dark humour.

A stirring portrait of resistance from below: fierce, funny, and full of fight.