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Escape from Camp 14 : one man's remarkable odyssey from North Korea to freedom in the West
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Title
Escape from Camp 14 : one man's remarkable odyssey from North Korea to freedom in the West / Blaine Harden.
ISBN
9780670023325
0670023329
Published
New York : Viking, 2012.
Physical Description
xvi, 205 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Summary
Twenty-six years ago, Shin Dong-hyuk was born inside Camp 14, one of five sprawling political prisons in the mountains of North Korea. This is the gripping, terrifying story of his escape from this no-exit prison-- to freedom in South Korea.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 11, 2012
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Never heard the word "love"
The boy who ate his mother's lunch
School days
The upper crust
Mother tries to escape
Mother tries to escape, version two
This son of a bitch won't do
The sun shines even on mouse holes
Avoiding mother's eyes
Reactionary son of a bitch
Working man
Napping on the farm
Sewing and snitching
Deciding not to snitch
Preparing to run
The fence
Stealing
Riding north
The border
China
Asylum
K'uredit k'adus
South Koreans are not so interested
U.S.A.
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