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Randall Flagg
Joined: 01 Oct 2004
Location: Talkin' trash to the garbage around you
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 Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 1:21 am Post subject: Re: good books about korea? |
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| "The Aquariums of Pyeongyang." |
I loved this book. I couldn't put it down. |
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JacktheCat
Joined: 08 May 2004
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| Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 1:44 am Post subject: Re: good books about korea? |
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| Randall Flagg wrote: |
| JacktheCat wrote: |
| "The Aquariums of Pyeongyang." |
I loved this book. I couldn't put it down. |
It's a very good book, and undoubtly a lot of it is true.
But I would take it with a grain of salt, as the co-writer\ghost writer is Pierre Rigoulot, who is part of the neo-fascist movement in France and has a serious axe to grind with North Korea. |
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philinkorea
Joined: 27 Jan 2003
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Ive read the first hundred pages of The Koreans, who they are, what they want.. Its really good. I wish Id read it a long time ago. Ive only got a week left at the end of my second year then im off home. Really good for general discussion with adult free talk students.
The new history of korea I bought also but i found to generally be a bit heavy. Also I like Koreans Unmaksed. Ive bought How koreans talk also which looks kind of cool.
A few of the books I would say are a must for any expats here wanting to get a real insight into the culture. |
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tardisrider
Joined: 13 Mar 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 7:56 pm Post subject: |
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| In a slightly different vein, "I Am the Clay" by Chaim Potok is a good novel about Korea during the war. I'm surprised that more people here aren't familiar with it. |
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Len8
Joined: 12 Feb 2003
Location: Kyungju
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There is a book about Korea's economic growth that has been very popular. Author was Alice Amsden
Title " Asia's Next Giant: South Korea and Late Industrialization"
A film a while back was made out of the book "The Hunters" by James Salter. It's a story about life in the airforce during the Korean War.
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captain kirk
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 4:10 am Post subject: |
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| It's 20,000 won and five hundred pages called 'Korean Cultural Codewords' or something like that. I bought it at Kwangwhamun Kyobo. |
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