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4.21 AVERAGE
4.21 AVERAGE
3.5 ☆ devastador y realista relato de una vida marcada por vivir en uno de los lugares más hostiles del mundo..quisiera creer que es ficción pero no lo es
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I'd previously read Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea which I would also recommend for anyone interested in learning more about what it's like to live there, but this really stood out because the author first went to North Korea at age 13. So he saw everything with the eyes of an outsider and that makes this an extremely unique and interesting perspective.
Besides that, this was an extremely sad memoir and the author did a good job examining and conveying his own complex feelings about his situation.
Besides that, this was an extremely sad memoir and the author did a good job examining and conveying his own complex feelings about his situation.
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Although I’ve read books on North Korea and its escapees, like “Nothing to Envy”, this one stands out because the author’s family willingly emigrated from Japan to North Korea in the 1960s. Born of a Korean father and a Japanese mother, the family endured racial discrimination in Japan and was convinced that everything would be better if they returned to “Paradise on Earth”, as North Korea branded itself. Spoiler alert: nothing could be further from the truth. It is disheartening to see that this mass migration to North Korea was encouraged by Japan’s government, and the Japanese Red Cross, even though they knew the horrors that awaited those people.
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Incredibly heartbreaking account of living in North Korea.