| A Thousand Miles to Freedom: My Escape from North Korea Contributor(s): Kim, Eunsun (Author), Falletti, Sébastien (Author), Tian, David (Translator) |
|
 |
ISBN: 1250092841 ISBN-13: 9781250092847 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Social Activists - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - Asian & Asian American - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.55 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Eunsun Kim was born in North Korea, one of the most secretive and oppressive countries in the modern world. As a child Eunsun loved her country...despite her school field trips to public executions, daily self-criticism sessions, and the increasing gnaw of hunger as the country-wide famine escalated. By the time she was eleven years old, Eunsun's father and grandparents had died of starvation, and Eunsun too was in danger of starving. Finally, her mother decided to escape North Korea with Eunsun and her sister, not knowing that they were embarking on a journey that would take them nine long years to complete. Before finally reaching South Korea and freedom, Eunsun and her family would live homeless, fall into the hands of Chinese human traffickers, survive a North Korean labor camp, and cross the deserts of Mongolia on foot. Now, in A Thousand Miles to Freedom, Eunsun is sharing her remarkable story to give voice to the tens of millions of North Koreans still suffering in silence. Told with grace and courage, her memoir is a riveting expos of North Korea's totalitarian regime and, ultimately, a testament to the strength and resilience of the human spirit. |
Contributor Bio(s): Falletti, Sebastien: - SEBASTIEN FALLETTI has been working as the Korea correspondent for the French newspaper Le Figaro since 2009. He covers political and business news across Asia, including North Korea. He also contributes regularly to Le Point Magazine and has published a biography of Alfred Dreyfus. Born in Paris, Sébastien studied at Sorbonne University and the London School of Economics, and is now based in Seoul and Shanghai.Kim, Eunsun: - EUNSUN KIM grew up in North Korea, the most secretive country in the modern world. At the age of eleven, she fled the country with her mother and sister, and they began the harrowing nine-year journey that would ultimately lead them to South Korea and to freedom. Today, Eunsun works at an NGO promoting human rights in North Korea. She lives in Seoul, South Korea. |