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A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea
by Masaji Ishikawa
Masaji Isjikawa’s story is absolutely heartbreaking. It offers such insight into what life in North Korea is like, with so much suffering, terror/fear and barely survivable conditions (i.e. subsisting on weeds, failed suicide attempts, etc.). I learned a bit about the politics between North and South Korea, Japan, and China as well. Those last few pages that detail his pretty impromptu escape from North Korea had my heart racing. But the epilogue is what completely broke me. I can’t imagine living with so much pain and heartbreak all throughout one’s life… it makes one really think about what inspires one’s will to live.
Why’d I pick this? I forget, but I’m so glad I did. Highly recommend for folks to have a clearer picture of the terrifying atrocities of a life in North Korea
Why’d I pick this? I forget, but I’m so glad I did. Highly recommend for folks to have a clearer picture of the terrifying atrocities of a life in North Korea