'I beseech you to read this account' - Christopher Hitchens A magnificent, harrowing testimony to the voiceless victims of North Korea. Kang Chol-Hwan is the first survivor of a North Korean concentration camp to escape the 'hermit kingdom' and tell his story to the world. This memoir reveals the human suffering in his camp, with its forced labour, frequent public executions and near-starvation rations. Kang eventually escaped to South Korea via China to give testimony to the hardships and atrocities that constitute the lives of the thousands of people still detained in the gulags today. Part horror story, part historical document, part memoir, part political tract, this story of one young man's personal suffering finally gives eye-witness proof to this neglected chapter of modern history.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Atlantic Books
ISBN-13
9781843544999
eBay Product ID (ePID)
91439577
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Civil Service, Political Science
Author
Pierre Rigoulot, Kang Chol-Hwan
Publication Name
The Aquariums of Pyongyang
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Government, History
Publication Year
2006
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
198 mm
Item Width
129 mm
Item Weight
248 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
Title_Author
Pierre Rigoulot, Kang Chol-Hwan
Topic
Memorials
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