Long Road Home Testimony of a North Korean Camp Survivor

Name: Long Road Home
Author: Suk-Young Kim

Auteur: Yong Kim

Taal: Engels

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Auteur: Yong Kim Suk-Young Kim

Co-auteur: Suk Young Kim Suk-Young Kim

Engels
Hardcover
9780231147460
19 juni 2009
184 pagina's

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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 unprecedented privilege in a society that closely monitored its citizens. He owned an imported car and drove it freely throughout the country. He also encountered corruption at all levels, whether among party officials or Japanese trade partners, and took note of the illicit benefits that were awarded to some and cruelly denied to others. When accusations of treason stripped Kim Yong of his position, the loose distinction between those who prosper and those who suffer under Kim Jong-il became painfully clear. Kim Yong was thrown into a world of violence and terror, condemned to camp No. 14 in Hamkyeong province, North Korea's most notorious labor camp. As he worked a constant shift 2,400 feet underground, daylight became Kim's new luxury; as the months wore on, he became intimately acquainted with political prisoners, subhuman camp guards, and an apocalyptic famine that killed millions. After years of meticulous planning, and with the help of old friends, Kim escaped and came to the United States via China, Mongolia, and South Korea. Presented here for the first time in its entirety, his story not only testifies to the atrocities being committed behind North Korea's wall of silence but also illuminates the daily struggle to maintain dignity and integrity in the face of unbelievable hardship. Like the work of Solzhenitsyn, this rare portrait tells a story of resilience as it reveals the dark forms of oppression, torture, and ideological terror at work in our world today.

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 19 juni 2009
Aantal pagina's: 184
Illustraties: Met illustraties

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Hoofdauteur: Yong Kim
Tweede Auteur: Suk-Young Kim
Co Auteur: Suk-Young Kim
Hoofduitgeverij: Columbia University Press

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Eerste Vertaler: Suk Young Kim

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Extra groot lettertype: Nee
Product breedte: 146 mm
Product hoogte: 25 mm
Product lengte: 222 mm
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 140 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 210 mm
Verpakking lengte: 210 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 386 g

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EAN: 9780231147460

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Categorieën: Mens & Maatschappij

Biografieën & Waargebeurd

Misdaad & Criminaliteit

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Taal: Engels
Beschikbaarheid: Leverbaar
Land: Korea, Noord-Korea
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