Read the World: South Korea

Books by authors from South Korea or set in/about South Korea.

Updated February 2, 2024
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Peacebound trains
Balgassi, Haemi.
Paper Book
As Sumi waits for the train that will bring her mother back after a long absence, Grandmother tells how her family escaped on a train from Seoul, Korea, at the last moment before the Korean War began.
The vegetarian [electronic resource] a novel
Han, Kang, 1970-
Ebook
FROM HAN KANG, WINNER OF THE 2024 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE   "[Han Kang's] intense poetic prose . . . exposes the fragility of human life."--The Nobel Committee for Literature, in the citation for the Nobel Prize   A NEW YORK TIMES...
King of spies the dark reign of America's spymaster in Korea
Harden, Blaine author.
Paper Book
The New York Times bestselling author of Escape from Camp 14 returns with the untold story of one of the most powerful spies in American history, shedding new light on the U.S. role in the Korean War, and its legacy In 1946, master sergeant...
The long season of rain
Kim, Helen, 1963-
Paper Book
"This first-person novel is a devastatingly clear-eyed view of societal restrictions and their effects on the young narrator's family in 1960s Seoul... . This is a universal novel, demonstrating the powerful effect the adult world has on children's lives." - The Horn Book, starred review
When spring comes to the DMZ
Yi, Ŏk-pae author, illustrator.
Paper Book
Batchelder Honor Winner, 2020 ALA Youth Media Awards Honorable Mention, 2019 Freeman Awards (National Consortium for Teaching about Asia) Korea's demilitarized zone has become an amazing accidental nature preserve that gives hope for a brighter future for a...
Bride of the Water God
Yun, Mi-gyŏng, 1980- author, illustrator.
Paper Book
When Soah's impoverished, desperate village decides to sacrifice her to the Water God Habaek to end a long drought, they believe that drowning one beautiful girl will save their entire community and bring much-needed rain. Not only is Soah surprised to be rescued by the Water God - instead of killed...

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