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Are you tired of low-quality bilingual books with awkward Korean translations, most of which are designed for kids rather than grown-ups? Are you searching for high-quality Korean-English bilingual books tailored for intermediate learners, helping you learn more sophisticated Korean? Written and translated by a professional with over 10 years of experience, this series will quickly boost your Korean language skills. Just follow these encouraging short sentences every day—read them aloud or write them repeatedly. With these uplifting messages, you'll enjoy vivid and modern-life Korean.

It is the winter of 1954, and in the rubble-strewn aftermath of the Korean war Marilyn Monroe has come to Seoul to perform to the US soldiers stationed there. Incongruous in her silk dress and flawless makeup, she sings of seduction and love, dazzling battle-scarred Americans and Koreans alike. Alice, the woman chosen to be Marilyn’s translator, was once Kim Ae-sun, before her name was stolen from her - along with so much else - by the war.

Febbraio 1954. La guerra di Corea è finita da un anno, dopo che è stato firmato l’armistizio. Eppure, per il paese è ancora difficile tornare alla normalità. Gli orfanotrofi sono pieni di bambini affamati e sopravvivere è molto difficile. Alice J. Kim è una dattilografa e traduttrice che lavora per l’esercito americano e che vorrebbe tornare alla vita che aveva prima che la Corea fosse distrutta. Decide così di accettare un lavoro di soli quattro giorni, ma ben pagato. Dovrà essere l’interprete di Marilyn Monroe, che è appena arrivata in Corea in tour per le truppe dell’esercito del suo paese.

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