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Onŭl ŭi chŏlmŭn chakka volume 42
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Korean
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"The sequel of [Elementary Korean Course] by Mun Ji Hyeok who won the 2022 Kim Seung Ok Literature Award. As [Elementary Korean Course] was about the author's autobiographical novel teaching Korean language in a college in New York, the second story focuses on advanced Korean classes capturing literary moments in the students' life."--Tsai Fong.
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Korean
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From the indie rock star of Japanese Breakfast fame, and author of the viral 2018 New Yorker essay that shares the title of this book, an unflinching, powerful memoir about growing up Korean American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity. Korean edition translated by Jeong Hye Yoon.
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Korean
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In the 1970s, Korea is under the absolute control of President Park who controls the KCIA, the organization with an edge over any branch of government. In the midst of a reign of fear, a former KCIA director, Park Yong-gak, who knows all about the government's obscure and illegal operations, is exiled to the U.S., where he opens the floodgates to the investigation of Koreagate. As tension escalates, stifling political maneuvers by those desiring power...
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Detective Jo Fournier volume 1
Language
Korean
Description
"When loving wife Jeanine Hammond is found dead in a small leafy town in Massachusetts, newly promoted Detective Jo Fournier is shocked to her core. Why leave her body posed like a ballerina? Why steal her wedding band and nothing else? But before Jo can get answers, another woman is found, wedding ring stolen, body posed in the same ritualistic way. Digging through old files, Jo makes a terrifying link to a series of cold cases. She knows a serial...
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Korean
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A Best Book of 2020: The Washington Post, NPR, Chicago Tribune, Smithsonian. Part biography, part memoir, part scientific adventure, [Why Fish Don’t Exist] is a wondrous fable about how to persevere in a world where chaos will always prevail. Korean edition translated by Jeong Ji In.