Travel Reference
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Breen, Michael.
The Koreans.
New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 2004. Still the definitive
work on the Koreans and what makes them tick from one of Seoul's most seasoned ex-
patriates.
Burgeson, J. Scott.
Korea Bug.
Seoul: Eunhaeng Namu, 2005. Eclectic and entertaining col-
lection of pieces from an old zine writer that covers history, pop culture, expatriate life,
and more.
Coyner, Tom, and Song-Hyon Jang.
Doing Business in Korea: An Expanded Guide.
Seoul:
Seoul Selection, 2010. Good primer on South Korean business culture with advice for
would-be entrepreneurs and frank discussion of pitfalls that need to be avoided.
Tudor, Daniel.
Korea: The Impossible Country.
Tokyo: Tuttle Publishing, 2012. A Seoul-
based journalist takes an insightful and affectionate look at the phenomena shaping con-
temporary South Korean society, from competition to K-pop.
Lee, Chang Rae.
A Gesture Life.
New York: Riverhead, 2000. Second work from a Korean
American novelist explores themes of the Japanese colonial period.
Lee, Krys.
Drifting House.
New York: Penguin Books, 2012. Spanning South Korea and the
United States, this haunting collection of short stories examines the impact of the coun-
try's troubled history on the Korean psyche and the immigrant experience.
Lee, Peter, ed.
Flowers of Fire: 20th Century Korean Stories.
Honolulu: University of
Hawaii Press, 1986. One of the first, and still one of the best, introductions to modern
Korean literature available in English.
Shin, Kyung-sook.
Please Look After Mom.
New York: Vintage, 2012. A tale of a mother's
sacrifices for her family stands as testament to the high cost of South Korea's rapid mod-
ernization.
Un, Ko. Translated by Brother Anthony of Taize.
10,000 Lives.
Los Angeles: Green Integer,
2005. Broad and exquisite collection of work from the Nobel Prize-nominated poet.
