In previous years this post has been, to a greater or lesser extent, a list of every non-fiction title I could find that was going to be hitting the bookshops in the coming year. As the LKL Korea Book Database has grown in size, including its stock of future publications, there are now far too … [Read More]
Publisher: Bloomsbury
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Selected publications
- Cheon Seon-ran: The Saviour at Night / The Midnight Shift tr Gene Png 2025
- Kevin Cawley: The Emplantation of Catholicism in Pre-modern Korea: Texts, Teachings and Gender Relations 2025
- Anthology: The Bloomsbury Handbook of North Korean Cinema ed Travis Workman, Dong Hoon Kim, Immanuel Kim 2024
- Elizabeth Shim: North Korea’s Nuclear Cinema: Simulation and Neoliberal Politics in the Two Koreas 2024
- Youngmin Lee: Bojagi: The Art of Korean Textiles with Techniques and Projects 2024
- Baek Sehee: I Want to Die but I Still Want to Eat Tteokbokki tr Anton Hur 2024
- Chaihark Hahm: The Constitution of South Korea: A Contextual Analysis 2024
- Chan E Park: Korean Pansori as Voice Theatre: History, Theory, Practice 2023
- Im Seong-sun: The Consultant tr Brother Anthony of Taizé 2023
- Hwang Bo-reum: Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop tr Shanna Tan 2023
- Henn Kim: I Need Art: Reality Isn’t Enough 2023
- Jerôme de Wit: Literature and Cultural Identity during the Korean War: Comparing North and South Korean Writing 2023
- Erik Mobrand: Justifying Violence on Korea’s Cold War Frontlines: The Life and Representations of Kim Tu-han 2023
- Anthology: Dress History of Korea: Critical Perspectives on the Primary Sources ed Kyunghee Pyun and Minjee Kim 2023
- Baek Sehee: I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki tr Anton Hur 2022
- David Weiss: The God Susanoo and Korea in Japan’s Cultural Memory: Ancient Myths and Modern Empire 2022
- Alex Baratta: The Societal Codification of Korean English 2021
- Kim Myung Ja: The Korean Diaspora in Post War Japan: Geopolitics, Identity and Nation-Building 2017
- Paul Edwards: Unusual Footnotes to the Korean War 2013
- Chang-Won Park: Cultural Blending In Korean Death Rites: New Interpretive Approaches 2010
- Jo Kyung-ran: Tongue tr Kim Chi-young 2009
- Donald N Clark: Culture and Customs of Korea 2000
Eighteen non-fiction titles we’re hoping to enjoy this year [updated]
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Here are some of the books we’re looking forward to in 2021. For the first time in one of these posts we’re flagging the indicative cost of the titles listed here. For me, I have a psychological barrier at around £30: a book has to be offering something pretty special for me to be prepared … [Read More]
Brief review: Kyung Ran Jo: Tongue
Kyung Ran Jo: Tongue Tr Chi-young Kim Korean version 2007 English version Bloomsbury 2009 A lightweight and enjoyable book set among the foodies and fashionistas of Kangnam. A talented young cook is ditched by her trendy architect boyfriend, and spends much of the book getting over it, in a way that is a pleasure to … [Read More]