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This is paradise!, my North Korean childhood, Hyok Kang ; with Philippe Grangereau ; translated by Shaun Whiteside

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This is paradise!, my North Korean childhood, Hyok Kang ; with Philippe Grangereau ; translated by Shaun Whiteside

Language

eng

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Includes bibliographical references

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autobiography

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illustrationsplates

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

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This is paradise!

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bibliography

Oclc number

271866041

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Hyok Kang ; with Philippe Grangereau ; translated by Shaun Whiteside

Sub title

my North Korean childhood

Summary

Both a shocking and moving portrayal of scenes of every day life in North Korea, a secretive and brutal nation. Hyok Kang writes of the public executions, of the labour camps and mines, the punishment for 'anti-social behaviour', the secret watching of Beijing television, and the spies everywhere who help enforce the regime by denouncing any deviations from the rigidly patrolled norm. And when the famine comes so too does death by starvation of friends and close ones, cannibalism, and political purge. All this is normal for Hyok Kang. After all, the propaganda North Koreans are fed by their government insists that compared to the rest of the world, this is paradise! Woven into this portrayal is the individual story of a boy who likes to draw - some of his accomplished illustrations are included in the book - and of his migration to China as an asylum seeker

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My North Korean childhood

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