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This Is Paradise! Hyok Kang

This Is Paradise! By Hyok Kang

This Is Paradise! by Hyok Kang


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Summary

A fascinating account and expose of the hardships suffered in North Korea under the regime of Kim Jong-il

This Is Paradise! Summary

This Is Paradise!: My North Korean Childhood by Hyok Kang

Hyok Kang was eighteen when he escaped from North Korea, a country locked away from the outside world. This personal, illustrated account of school days in a rigidly communist institution and everyday life with his family and community provides a rare glimpse of this secretive nation.
His shocking and moving portrayal bears witness to this spirited young boy's resilience and survival in a society forced to operate under the shadow of labour camps, public executions and the deception of UN representatives by Korean officials. When the famine comes so too does death by starvation of friends and close ones, and Hyok Kang watches as his classmates drop out of school one by one, too weak to attend. All this is normal. After all, the propaganda North Koreans are fed by their government insists that compared to the rest of the world, this is paradise!
Hyok Kang's childhood and courageous escape through China Vietnam and Cambodia to South Korea is a remarkable story that goes to the heart of a nation living under a disturbing delusion of 'paradise'.

This Is Paradise! Reviews

An engrossing picture of a nation that remains closed to the world, aptly described as the "Jurasic Park of communism'' * SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY *
This is an extraordinary story: a simple, yet luminous, account of what it means to grow up in one of the world's little known and most oppressive dictatorships. This North Korean Harry Potter has the evils of tyranny to contend with and escape is the ha * Lisa Appignanesi *
This is a rare and precious insight into the most obscure regime on earth through the startled and observant eyes of a thirteen-year-old boy who not only escaped but survived to tell this harrowing yet intriguing tale. The most penetrating account of life in North Korea I have ever read * Jon Snow *
Kang recounts his life with the kind of deadpan detail that is all the more powerful for its quiet understatement . . . His capacity as a storyteller turns out to be masterly . . . The result is a small jewel of a book, one that moves you with compassion * MAIL ON SUNDAY *

About Hyok Kang

Hyok Kang escaped from North Korea by crossing the Tumen River to China with his parents. He now lives in South Korea.

Additional information

GOR001850170
9780349118659
0349118655
This Is Paradise!: My North Korean Childhood by Hyok Kang
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Little, Brown Book Group
2007-07-05
224
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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