We are thrilled to welcome to Fortnum’s a quartet of special guests – Judy Joo, TV personality and the leading expert of Korean cooking in the West, Maree Kinder, Korean British Adoptee and Founder of Beauty & Seoul, Euny Hong, Korean culture expert and author of “The Birth of Korean Cool” and “Nunchi”, and Rosalie … [Read More]
Author: Y Euny Hong
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Selected publications by Y Euny Hong
- The Power of Nunchi: The Korean Secret to Happiness and Success, Penguin 2019
- The Birth of Korean Cool: How One Nation Is Conquering the World Through Pop Culture, Simon and Schuster 2014
- Kept: A Comedy of Sex and Manners, Simon and Schuster 2006
What have we been reading in 2019? Here are the highs and lows of our reading diary
I alternate my reading, on no systematic basis, between fiction and non-fiction, trying to maintain a balance between keeping up to date with the most important new publications and working through the guilt pile of past publications that I failed to read when they came out. I don’t have time to read much apart from … [Read More]
New and upcoming non-fiction titles for 2019
Unlike my list that attempts to compile upcoming literature and fiction titles, here I’ve had to be selective in what to include, otherwise the length of this post would be unmanageable. Nevertheless I’ve almost certainly missed out some titles that I’d want to have on my bookshelf. I’ve divided the list into seven sections: Literature … [Read More]
Book review: The Birth of Korean Cool
Euny Hong: The Birth of Korean Cool How one nation is conquering the world through pop culture Simon & Schuster UK, 2014, 267pp Euny Hong’s first non-fiction book (we loved her novel) is in turn infuriating, entertaining and informative. Let’s get the infuriating bits done with first. In her approach to Romanization she is cavalier, … [Read More]
The end of the line — a review of Y Euny Hong: Kept
Y Euny Hong: Kept – a comedy of sex and manners Simon & Schuster, 2006 The author of this entertaining comedy, Y Euny Hong, claims to speak from experience as a surviving descendent of a declining Korean aristocratic family. Making a living now as a journalist, she was given the generous opportunity of 3 pages … [Read More]