North Korea is today one of the last bastions of hard-line Communism. Its leaders have kept a tight grasp on their one-party regime, quashing any nascent opposition movements and sending all suspected dissidents to its brutal concentration camps for "re-education. " Kang Chol-hwan is the first surv[...]
Part horror story, part historical document, part memoir, part political tract, this story of one young man's personal suffering finally reveals the human suffering in North Korean concentration camp, with its forced labour, frequent public executions, and near-starvation rations.[...]
Kommunistipuolueen lupaukset vauraudesta ja hyvästä asemasta houkuttelevat Kangin perheen muuttamaan kapitalistisesta Japanista takaisin sodan haavoista toipuvaan Pohjois-Koreaan. Täydellinen elämä Kim il-Sungin työläisten paratiisissa jää kuitenkin haaveeksi. Kangit antavat jälleenrakennu[...]