| Edition |
1st edition |
| Phys Descr |
xii, 314 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-314) |
| Contents |
Holding hands in the dark -- Tainted blood -- The true believer -- Fade to black -- Victorian romance -- Twilight of the god -- Two beer bottles for your IV -- The accordion and the blackboard -- The good die first -- Mothers of invention -- Wandering swallows -- Sweet disorder -- Frogs in the well -- The river -- Epiphany -- The bartered bride -- Open your eyes, shut your mouth -- The promised land -- Strangers in the homeland -- Reunions -- Epilogue : Waiting |
| Summary |
Follows the lives of six North Koreans over fifteen years, a chaotic period that saw the rise to power of Kim Jong Il and the devastation of a famine that killed one-fifth of the population, illustrating what it means to live under the most repressive totalitarian regime today |
| Note |
Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fiction, 2010 |
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ORO: Gift of G. William Farthing. |
| Subject |
Koreans -- Korea (North) -- Social conditions -- 21st century -- Case studies
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Koreans -- Korea (North) -- Economic conditions -- 21st century -- Case studies
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Korea (North) -- Social conditions -- 21st century
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Korea (North) -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
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Korea (North) |
| OCLC # |
229027465 |
| ISBN # |
9780385523905 |
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0385523904 |
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9780385523912 |
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0385523912 |
| PUBN # |
2923688 |
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