uncommongrace25 's review for:

A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea by Masaji Ishikawa

4.0

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Another sad tale from an oppressive regime. Several years ago I read a story from a man who had escaped a North Korean concentration camp. That was a truly horrifying story. This one was just as tragic although the author never directly found himself in the crosshairs of the state. As a “returnee” or a North Korean who moved from Japan he was on the very bottom of the social ladder. His story is surely that of millions of North Koreans and is a crime that I can only pray will find justice someday.