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Nonfiction. The rise of South Korea is one of the most unexpected and inspirational developments of the latter part of our century. A few decades ago, the Koreans were an impoverished, agricultural people. In one generation they came out of the fields and into Silicon Valley. The world is now watching to see whether the Koreans will be able to reform and continue their stunning growth. In The Koreans, Michael Breen provides an in-depth portrait of the country and its people. In this absorbing and enlightening account of the Koreans, Michael Breen provides compelling insight into the history and character of this fascinating nation. |
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Native Speaker
by Chang Lee
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Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date: March 1996
ISBN-13: 9781573225311 |
| Fiction. Espionage acts as a metaphor for the uneasy relationship of Amerasians to American society in this eloquent, thought-provoking tale of a young Korean-American's struggle to conjoin the fragments of his personality in culturally diverse New York City. Narrator Henry Park, son of a successful Korean-American grocer, works as an undercover operative for a vaguely sinister private intelligence agency. Writing in a precise yet freewheeling prose that takes us deep into Henry's head, first-novelist Lee packs this story, whose intrigue is well measured and compelling, with insights into both current political events and timeless questions of love, culture, family bonds and identity. |
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Free Food for Millionaires
by Min Jin Lee
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Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date: May 2007
ISBN-13: 9780641856150 |
| Fiction. Casey Han's four years at Princeton gave her many things, "But no job and a number of bad habits." Casey's parents, who live in Queens, are Korean immigrants working in a dry cleaner, desperately trying to hold on to their culture and their identity. Their daughter, on the other hand, has entered into rarified American society via scholarships. Free Food for Millionaires offers up a fresh exploration of the complex layers we inhabit both in society and within ourselves as Min Jin Lee examines maintaining one's identity within changing communities. |
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Introduction to Korean Culture
by John H. Koo and Andrew C. Nahm
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Publisher: Hollym International Corporation
Pub. Date: January 1997
ISBN-13: 9781565910867 |
| Nonfiction. In Introduction to Korean Culture, major aspects of traditional as well as modern Korean culture are discussed and each chapter is prepared specifically to introduce a particular aspect of culture. A brief survey of Korean history and other cultural information is provided to enable the reader to fully appreciate the roots of Korean culture and the ways in which it has grown and transformed throughout the ages. |
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Trail of Crumbs
by Kim Sunée
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Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date: January 2008
ISBN-13: 9780446579766
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| .Non-fiction. When Korean-born Kim Sunée was three years old, her mother took her to a marketplace, deposited her on a bench with a fistful of food, and promised she'd be right back. Three days later a policeman took the little girl, clutching what was now only a fistful of crumbs, to a police station and told her that she'd been abandoned by her mother. Adopted by a young New Orleans couple, she spends her youth as one of only two Asian children in her entire community. At the age of 21, she becomes involved with a famous French businessman and suddenly finds herself living in France. This memoir is about the search for identity and a book that will appeal to anyone who is passionate about love, food, travel, and the ultimate search for self. |
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