How Korean Corn Dogs Changed My Life

South Korea as a country has given me everything. It''s the place where I got to know the love of my life, and what I believe will have been the five years that have changed my life forever. In the vein of Abroad in Japan , Alice Amelia weaves together a multitude of stories, showing us the wider narrative of expat life while shining a light on the previously closed off society of South Korea. She also lifts the curtain of the brutal and competitive Korean entertainment industry and gives us a behind the scenes look on what it takes to succeed in such a high-pressure environment, and just how dangerous it can be to fail. Having been obsessed with K-dramas since she was a teenager, after she graduated from university Alice took a major leap and decided to move to South Korea to study at a language school. On arrival she discovers that the real Seoul is very different to the clean, curated and romanticized version she''s familiar with from screen. And in real life, there are definitely no subtitles.

Product details

• Authors: Alice Amelia
• Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 02.04.2026
• EAN: 9780349020709
• ISBN: 978-0-349-02070-9
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Korea, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts, Autobiography: arts & entertainment, Autobiography: arts and entertainment, TRAVEL / Asia / East / Korea