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Don't Leave Home Without It (or an updated version)!:
This book answers many common questions about Korean culture. With humor, insight, and understanding, it explains why Koreans do the things they do, especially those things that boggle foreigners staying in Korea (the scoop on personal space, ettiquette with strangers, formal language, work relationships, etc.). It is, understandibly, OUTDATED. (I believe there is an updated version available, which I haven't read yet.) Read it anyway, if you are going to Korea. You will be prepared for the cultural conflicts you run into; You just might not run into as many differences as the book lead you to expect. Highly recommended!
An OK book, but a good travel guide is more useful:
This book was OK, but I wish that I had just spent my money on a good travel guide (Moon Handbook Guide to S. Korea by Robert Nilsen) because most of the information was superficial. Worth a look into if you are in a bookstore or library, but otherwise I would just save my money.
| Author: | Sonja Vegdahl Hur | | Binding: | Paperback | | Dewey Decimal Number: | 951.95 | | EAN: | 9781558689367 | | ISBN: | 1558689362 | | Number Of Pages: | 262 | | Publication Date: | 2005-11-02 |
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