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A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea by Masaji Ishikawa
4.0
Masaji Ishikawa had a harrowing life. In 1960, when he was 12, his Korean father, illuded by the North Korean propaganda, forcibly brought him, his two baby sisters and his mother to live in the allegedly "glorious Republic of North Korea." This powerful memoir is told in fluid prose and compelling storytelling and I strongly recommend it.
This book chronicles Ishikawa's life during his almost 40 years living under hellish human conditions and how he eventually escaped back to Japan.
I learned immensely from this book and cannot imagine how difficult it must have been to put all those long years of suffering on paper. Nevertheless, there is no melodrama or heavy-handed politics. This book is a deeply personal account of his life and his family.
A must-read if you are interested in learning how North Korean society operated, and probably still does, under the communist dictatorship.
This book chronicles Ishikawa's life during his almost 40 years living under hellish human conditions and how he eventually escaped back to Japan.
I learned immensely from this book and cannot imagine how difficult it must have been to put all those long years of suffering on paper. Nevertheless, there is no melodrama or heavy-handed politics. This book is a deeply personal account of his life and his family.
A must-read if you are interested in learning how North Korean society operated, and probably still does, under the communist dictatorship.