Häftad, Engelska, 2015
Escape from Camp 14
One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West
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Beskrivning
This is the incredible story of Shin Dong-hyuk – the only person born in a North Korean gulag ever to escape to freedom. A gripping, terrifying biography, Escape from Camp 14 by journalist Blaine Harden uncovers a dark and secret nation – now a major documentary film.'This is a story unlike any other' Barbara Demick, author of Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North KoreaTwenty-seven years ago, Shin Dong-hyuk was born inside Camp 14, one of five sprawling political prisons in the mountains of North Korea. Located about fifty-five miles north of Pyongyang, the labour camp is a 'complete control district' – a no-exit prison where the only sentence is life.No one born in Camp 14 or in any North Korean political prison camp has escaped. No one except Shin. This is his story . .
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum: 2015-07-30
- Mått: 131 x 197 x 18 mm
- Vikt: 196 g
- Format: Häftad
- Språk: Engelska
- Antal sidor: 288
- Förlag: Pan Macmillan
- ISBN: 9780330519540
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Blaine Harden is a reporter for PBS Frontline and a contributor to the Economist, based in Seattle, having completed a tour as the Washington Post’s bureau chief in Tokyo. He is the prize-winning, acclaimed author of two books: Africa: Dispatches from a Fragile Continent and A River Lost: The Life and Death of the Columbia and the author of Escape from Camp 14.
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This is a story unlike any other because Shin is one of the few, if not only, long-term prisoners to have escaped from the North Korean gulag . . . The integrity of this book, shines through on every page.
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