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Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West Paperback - 2013
by Blaine Harden
The heart-wrenching "New York Times"-bestseller about the only known person born inside a North Korean prison camp to have escaped. Harden unlocks the secrets of the world's most repressive totalitarian state through the story of Shin's shocking imprisonment and his astounding getaway.
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The heartwrenching New York Times bestseller about the only known person born inside a North Korean prison camp to have escaped
North Korea’s political prison camps have existed twice as long as Stalin’s Soviet gulags and twelve times as long as the Nazi concentration camps. No one born and raised in these camps is known to have escaped. No one, that is, except Shin Dong-hyuk.
In Escape From Camp 14, Blaine Harden unlocks the secrets of the world’s most repressive totalitarian state through the story of Shin’s shocking imprisonment and his astounding getaway. Shin knew nothing of civilized existence—he saw his mother as a competitor for food, guards raised him to be a snitch, and he witnessed the execution of his mother and brother.
The late “Dear Leader” Kim Jong Il was recognized throughout the world, but his country remains sealed as his third son and chosen heir, Kim Jong Eun, consolidates power. Few foreigners are allowed in, and few North Koreans are able to leave. North Korea is hungry, bankrupt, and armed with nuclear weapons. It is also a human rights catastrophe. Between 150,000 and 200,000 people work as slaves in its political prison camps. These camps are clearly visible in satellite photographs, yet North Korea’s government denies they exist.
Harden’s harrowing narrative exposes this hidden dystopia, focusing on an extraordinary young man who came of age inside the highest security prison in the highest security state. Escape from Camp 14 offers an unequalled inside account of one of the world’s darkest nations. It is a tale of endurance and courage, survival and hope.
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- Title Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West
- Author Blaine Harden
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, New York
- Date 2013-03-26
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780143122913 / 0143122916
- Weight 0.45 lbs (0.20 kg)
- Dimensions 7.6 x 5 x 0.7 in (19.30 x 12.70 x 1.78 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Reading level 1130
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Asian - General
- Cultural Region: East Asian
- Library of Congress subjects Korea (North) - Social conditions, Political prisoners - Korea (North)
- Dewey Decimal Code B
Media reviews
“With a protagonist born into a life of backbreaking labor, cutthroat rivalries, and a nearly complete absence of human affection, Harden’s book reads like a dystopian thriller. But this isn’t fiction—it’s the biography of Shin Dong-hyuk.” —Publishers Weekly
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