My Korea: Forty Years without a Horsehair Hat

Author: Kevin O'Rourke
Publisher: Renaissance, 2013
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A fascinating and highly personal introduction to Korea. Part memoir, part miscellany, it introduces traditional and contemporary Korean culture through a series of essays, stories, anecdotes and poems. Confucianism, Buddhism, relationships, everyday living, language and literature are comprehensively covered.

Read a discussion by Colin Marshall in the LA Review of Books Blog

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