Kang Chol-Hwan is the first person to have documented his experiences in a North Korean gulag. In this memoir he recalls a happy childhood spent collecting tropical fish before, at nine years old, he and his family were arrested because of his grandfather’s ‘treason’. He describes the forced labour and near starvation he endured, and the executions he was forced to witness, before his release and flight to the South.
'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 Part horror story, part historical document, part memoir, part political tract, this story of one young man's personal suffering finally gives eye-witness proof to this neglected chapter of modern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.
https://www.psbooks.co.uk/aquariums-of-pyongyang517308The Aquariums of Pyongyanghttps://www.psbooks.co.uk/media/catalog/product/5/1/517308_c873ff7571e95d5eb3586627979dc046.jpg5.995.99GBPInStock/History/Non-Fiction/Highlights/Back by popular demand/History/Categories/20th Century History/Non-Fiction/Categories/Biography & Memoirs/History/Military History/Categories/Post-World War Two/Non-Fiction/Categories/Biography & Memoirs/Autobiographies & Memoirs/Email Landing Pages/True Stories/Non-Fiction/Categories/Biography & Memoirs/Autobiographies & Memoirs/Historical Autobiographies & MemoirsKang Chol-Hwan is the first person to have documented his experiences in a North Korean gulag. In this memoir he recalls a happy childhood spent collecting tropical fish before, at nine years old, he and his family were arrested because of his grandfather’s ‘treason’. He describes the forced labour and near starvation he endured, and the executions he was forced to witness, before his release and flight to the South.Paperback00https://www.psbooks.co.uk/media/catalog/product/5/1/517308_media-2.jpgadd-to-cartrrp_info:£10.99productId:63532bic_code:BG, HBJF, HBLW3, JPVBG, HBJF, HBLW3, JPV£10.99Kang Chol-Hwan, Pierre Rigoulot, Trans. Yair ReinerGeneral198x128mmAtlanticYesPaperbackGeneralAsianPolitical control human rights
