Korea

Simon Winchester travelled through Korea on foot to write this book. Along the way, he befriended a variety of honeymooners, corporate executives, Buddhist nuns and American servicemen. The result is an engaging distillation of the writer's observations on culture, people, language, economy and politics of this extraordinary country.

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In 1988 Simon Winchester, author of The Surgeon of Crowthorne and The Map that Changed the World, set out on foot to discover the Republic of Korea. He wanted to put the record straight about this bustling South-East Asian country about which so little was written but which so many people thought they already knew. What he found was a striking and diverse country that had thrown off the legacy of war. Written in the engaging, informed, and often humorous style that has won him millions of fans worldwide, this edition of Korea with a new introduction is a treasury of fascinating and informed insight on the culture, people, language, history, and politics of this little-known country.