realkateschmate 's review for:

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

4.0

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While reading, I was continually struck by the author's lucidity and powerful use of language. Not only because he had had little formal education, but because it set such a stunning contrast with the story's (his life's) unremitting deprivation and loss. Deeply, powerfully sad, this book is a howl of anguish in a harsh wind.