Books set in North Korea (23)
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In Order to Live : A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom by Yeonmi Park EN
Country: Asia / 
North Korea
North Korea
Description:
'I am most grateful for two things: that I was born in North Korea, and that I escaped from North Korea.' Yeonmi Park was not dreaming of freedom when she escaped from North Korea. She didn't even know what it meant to be free. All she knew was that she was running for her life, that if she and her family stayed behind they would die - from starvation, or disease, or even execution. This book is the story of Park's struggle to survive in the darkest, most repressive country on earth; her harrowing escape through China's underworld of smugglers and human traffickers; and then her escape from Ch... continue
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La acusación by Bandi ES
ChinaDescription:
"La acusación", un contundente retrato de la vida cotidiana en Corea del Norte. Arrojan un poco de luz sobre lo terrible y absurdo que es vivir bajo una de las dictaduras más herméticas de todos los tiempos.
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La fille aux sept noms : l'histoire d'une transfuge nord-coréenne by Hyeonseo Lee FR
Country: Asia / North Korea
North Korea
Description:
La 4e de couverture indique : "Hyeonseo a passé son enfance en Corée du Nord, piégée comme des millions d’autres par l’une des plus secrètes et brutales dictatures. Elle grandit dans la ville de Hyesan près d’une rivière qui trace une frontière naturelle avec la Chine, un autre monde insaisissable. Au milieu des années 1990, la famine s’abat sur le pays. Chaque jour témoin de la répression et de la pauvreté, elle comprend que sa patrie ne peut être ʺle meilleur des mondesʺ qu’on lui vante depuis toujours. À 17 ans, au coeur de l’hiver, Hyeonseo décide de traverser la rivière gelée. Elle ne peu... continue
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Long Road Home : Testimony of a North Korean Camp Survivor by Yong Kim EN
Country: Asia / North Korea
North Korea
Description:
Kim Yong shares his harrowing account of life in a labor camp—a singularly despairing form of torture carried out by the secret state. Although it is known that gulags exist in North Korea, little information is available about their organization and conduct, for prisoners rarely escape both incarceration and the country alive. Long Road Home shares the remarkable story of one such survivor, a former military official who spent six years in a gulag and experienced firsthand the brutality of an unconscionable regime. As a lieutenant colonel in the North Korean army, Kim Yong enjoyed unprecedent... continue
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Mater 2-10 by Hwang Sok-yong EN
Description:
Virtuoso Hwang Sok-yong is back with another powerful story--an epic, multi-generational tale that threads together a century of Korean history. Centered on a family of rail workers, Mater 2-10 vividly depicts the lives of workers and common folk, starting from the Japanese colonial era, continuing through Liberation, and right up to the twenty-first century, rendering in elegant prose a history of modern Korea. A true voice of a generation, Hwang shows again why he is unmatched when it comes to depicting the grief of a divided nation and bringing to life the cultural identity and trials and t... continue
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Pyongyang : A Journey in North Korea by Guy Delisle EN
Country: North America / 
Canada
Canada
Description:
Famously referred to as part of the 'Axis-of-Evil', North Korea remains one of the most secretive and mysterious nations in the world today. A series of manmade and natural catastrophes have also left it one of the poorest. When the fortress-like country recently opened the door a crack to foreign investment, cartoonist Guy Delisle found himself in its capital Pyongyang on a work visa for a French film animation company, becoming one of the few Westerners to witness current conditions in the surreal showcase city. Armed with a smuggled radio and a copy of 1984, Delisle could only explore Pyong... continue
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Stars Between the Sun and Moon : One Woman's Life in North Korea and Escape to Freedom by Lucia Jang, Susan McClelland EN
Country: Asia / North Korea
North Korea
Description:
An extraordinary memoir by a North Korean woman who defied the government to keep her family alive.
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The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
A girl travels to the Spirit World to break a curse that threatens the lives of her people in this feminist YA retelling of the popular Korean legend "The Tale of Shim Cheong."
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The Girl with Seven Names by Hyeonseo Lee EN
Country: Asia / North Korea
North Korea
Description:
An extraordinary insight into the life under one of the world's most ruthless and secretive dictatorships - and the story of one woman's terrifying struggle to escape.
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The Hard Road Out : Escaping North Korea by Jihyun Park, Seh-Lynn Chai EN
Country: Asia / North Korea
North Korea
Description:
The harrowing story of a woman who escaped famine and terror in North Korea, not once but twice. 'A gripping, suspenseful and cathartic memoir that tells a story of pain and perseverance and makes the moral case for asylum.' David Lammy MP North Korea is an open-air prison from which there is no escape. Only a handful of men and women have succeeded. Jihyun Park is one of these rare survivors. Twice she left the land of the 'socialist miracle' to flee famine and dictatorship. By the age of 29 she had already witnessed a lifetime of suffering. Family members had died of starvation; her brother ... continue