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ISBN
0143122916
EAN
9780143122913
Book Title
Escape from Camp 14 : One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West
Item Length
7.8in
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Publication Year
2013
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.7in
Author
Blaine Harden
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History, Social Science, Political Science
Topic
Labor & Industrial Relations, Sociology / General, Modern / 20th Century, Political, Social Activists, Asia / Korea, Criminology
Item Width
5.1in
Item Weight
8.4 Oz
Number of Pages
256 Pages

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With a New Foreword 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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Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0143122916
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9780143122913
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Book Title
Escape from Camp 14 : One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West
Author
Blaine Harden
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Labor & Industrial Relations, Sociology / General, Modern / 20th Century, Political, Social Activists, Asia / Korea, Criminology
Publication Year
2013
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History, Social Science, Political Science
Number of Pages
256 Pages

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Item Length
7.8in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
5.1in
Item Weight
8.4 Oz

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"If you have a soul, you will be changed forever by Blaine Harden's Escape from Camp 14... Harden masterfully allows us to know Shin, not as a giant but as a man, struggling to understand what was done to him and what he was forced to do to survive. By doing so, Escape from Camp 14 stands as a searing indictment of a depraved regime and a tribute to all those who cling to their humanity in the face of evil."-Mitchell Zuckoff, New York Times bestselling author of Lost in Shangri-La, "A book without parallel, Escape from Camp 14 is a riveting nightmare that bears witness to the worst inhumanity, an unbearable tragedy magnified by the fact that the horror continues at this very moment without an end in sight."-Terry Hong, Christian Science Monitor, "Blaine Harden of the Washington Post is an experienced reporter of other hellholes, such as the Congo, Serbia, and Ethiopia. These, he makes clear, are success stories compared to North Korea…Harden deserves a lot more than ; 'wow' for this terrifying, grim and, at the very end, slightly hopeful story of a damaged man still alive only by chance, whose life, even in freedom, has been dreadful."- Literary Review, "A riveting new biography . . . If you want a singular perspective on what goes on inside the rogue regime, then you must read [this] story. It's a harrowing tale of endurance and courage, at times grim but ultimately life-affirming." --CNN, "In Escape from Camp 14 , Harden chronicles Shin's amazing journey, from his very first memory--a public execution he witnessed as a 4-year-old--to his work with human rights advocacy groups in South Korea and the United States . . . By retelling Shin's against-all-odds exodus, Harden casts a harsh light on a moral embarrassment that has existed 12 times longer than the Nazi concentration camps. Readers won't be able to forget Shin's boyish, emancipated smile--the new face of freedom trumping repression." --Will Lizlo, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, "Harden's book, besides being a gripping story, unsparingly told, carries a freight of intelligence about this black hole of a country." --Bill Keller, The New York Times, "U.S. policymakers wonder what changes may arise after the recent death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, this gripping book should raise awareness of the brutality that underscores this strange land. Without interrupting the narrative, Harden skillfully weaves in details of North Korea's history, politics and society, providing context for Shin's plight." --The Associated Press, "A book without parallel, Escape from Camp 14 is a riveting nightmare that bears witness to the worst inhumanity, an unbearable tragedy magnified by the fact that the horror continues at this very moment without an end in sight." --Terry Hong, Christian Science Monitor,  "In Escape from Camp 14 , Harden chronicles Shin's amazing journey, from his very first memory--a public execution he witnessed as a 4-year-old--to his work with human rights advocacy groups in South Korea and the United States...By retelling Shin's against-all-odds exodus, Harden casts a harsh light on a moral embarrassment that has existed 12 times longer than the Nazi concentration camps.  Readers won't be able to forget Shin's boyish, emancipated smile--the new face of freedom trumping repression."- Will Lizlo, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, "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, "[Shin's] tale becomes even more gripping after his unprecedented journey . . . after he realizes that he has been raised as something less than human. He gradually, haltingly-and, so far, with mixed success-sets out to remake himself as a moral, feeling human being." -Fred Hiatt, The Washington Post, "Harden tells a gripping story. Readers learn of Shin's gradual discovery of the world at large, nonadversarial human relationships, literature, and hope--and the struggles ahead. A book that all adults should read." -- Library Journal (starred review), "Blaine Harden of the Washington Post is an experienced reporter of other hellholes, such as the Congo, Serbia, and Ethiopia. These, he makes clear, are success stories compared to North Korea . . . Harden deserves a lot more than; 'wow' for this terrifying, grim and, at the very end, slightly hopeful story of a damaged man still alive only by chance, whose life, even in freedom, has been dreadful." -- Literary Review, "Harden tells a gripping story. Readers learn of Shin's gradual discovery of the world at large, nonadversarial human relationships, literature, and hope-and the struggles ahead. A book that all adults should read."- Library Journal (starred review), "This is a story unlike any other...More so than any other book on North Korea, including my own, Escape from Camp 14 exposes the cruelty that is the underpinning of Kim Jong Il's regime. Blaine Harden, a veteran foreign correspondent from The Washington Post , tells this story masterfully...The integrity of this book, shines through on every page."-Barbara Demick, author of Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea, "[Shin's] tale becomes even more gripping after his unprecedented journey . . . after he realizes that he has been raised as something less than human. He gradually, haltingly--and, so far, with mixed success--sets out to remake himself as a moral, feeling human being." --Fred Hiatt, The Washington Post, "In Escape from Camp 14 , Harden chronicles Shin's amazing journey, from his very first memory-a public execution he witnessed as a 4-year-old-to his work with human rights advocacy groups in South Korea and the United States . . . By retelling Shin's against-all-odds exodus, Harden casts a harsh light on a moral embarrassment that has existed 12 times longer than the Nazi concentration camps.  Readers won't be able to forget Shin's boyish, emancipated smile-the new face of freedom trumping repression." -Will Lizlo, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, "Harden's book, besides being a gripping story, unsparingly told, carries a freight of intelligence about this black hole of a country."-Bill Keller, The New York Times, "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, "A riveting new biography . . . If you want a singular perspective on what goes on inside the rogue regime, then you must read [this] story.  It's a harrowing tale of endurance and courage, at times grim but ultimately life-affirming." -CNN, "A remarkable story, [ Escape from Camp 14 ] is a searing account of one man's incarceration and personal awakening in North Korea's highest-security prison." -- The Wall Street Journal, "This is a story unlike any other . . . More so than any other book on North Korea, including my own, Escape from Camp 14 exposes the cruelty that is the underpinning of Kim Jong Il's regime. Blaine Harden, a veteran foreign correspondent from The Washington Post , tells this story masterfully . . . The integrity of this book, shines through on every page." --Barbara Demick, author of Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea, "Hardentells a gripping story. Readers learn of Shin's gradual discovery of the world at large, nonadversarial human relationships, literature, and hope--and the struggles ahead. A book that all adults should read." -- Library Journal (starred review), "The central character in Blaine Harden's extraordinary new book Escape from Camp 14 reveals more in 200 pages about human darkness in the ghastliest corner of the world's cruelest dictatorship than a thousand textbooks ever could . . . Escape from Camp 14 , the story of Shin's awakening, escape and new beginning, is a riveting, remarkable book that should be required reading in every high-school or college-civics class. Like "The Diary of Anne Frank" or Dith Pran's account of his flight from Pol Pot's genocide in Cambodia, it's impossible to read this excruciatingly personal account of systemic monstrosities without fearing you might just swallow your own heart . . . Harden's wisdom as a writer shines on every page." -- The Seattle Times, "U.S. policymakers wonder what changes may arise after the recent death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, this gripping book should raise awareness of the brutality that underscores this strange land. Without interrupting the narrative, Harden skillfully weaves in details of North Korea's history, politics and society, providing context for Shin's plight." -The Associated Press, "As an action story, the tale of Shin's breakout and flight is pure The Great Escape , full of feats of desperate bravery and miraculous good luck. As a human story it is gut wrenching; if what he was made to endure, especially that he was forced to view his own family merely as competitors for food, was written in a movie script, you would think the writer was overreaching. But perhaps most important is the light the book shines on an under-discussed issue, an issue on which the West may one day be called into account for its inactivity."- The Daily Beast, "[Shin's] tale becomes even more gripping after his unprecedented journey… after he realizes that he has been raised as something less than human. He gradually, haltingly - and, so far, with mixed success - sets out to remake himself as a moral, feeling human being." - Fred Hiatt, Washington Post, "A riveting new biography...If you want a singular perspective on what goes on inside the rogue regime, then you must read [this] story.  It's a harrowing tale of endurance and courage, at times grim but ultimately life-affirming."- CNN, "The central character in Blaine Harden's extraordinary new book Escape from Camp 14 reveals more in 200 pages about human darkness in the ghastliest corner of the world's cruelest dictatorship than a thousand textbooks ever could... Escape from Camp 14 , the story of Shin's awakening, escape and new beginning, is a riveting, remarkable book that should be required reading in every high-school or college-civics class. Like "The Diary of Anne Frank" or Dith Pran's account of his flight from Pol Pot's genocide in Cambodia, it's impossible to read this excruciatingly personal account of systemic monstrosities without fearing you might just swallow your own heart...Harden's wisdom as a writer shines on every page.", "If you have a soul, you will be changed forever by Blaine Harden's Escape from Camp 14 . . . Harden masterfully allows us to know Shin, not as a giant but as a man, struggling to understand what was done to him and what he was forced to do to survive. By doing so, Escape from Camp 14 stands as a searing indictment of a depraved regime and a tribute to all those who cling to their humanity in the face of evil."--Mitchell Zuckoff, New York Times bestselling author of Lost in Shangri-La, "As an action story, the tale of Shin's breakout and flight is pure The Great Escape , full of feats of desperate bravery and miraculous good luck. As a human story it is gut wrenching; if what he was made to endure, especially that he was forced to view his own family merely as competitors for food, was written in a movie script, you would think the writer was overreaching. But perhaps most important is the light the book shines on an under-discussed issue, an issue on which the West may one day be called into account for its inactivity." -- The Daily Beast, "As U.S. policymakers wonder what changes may arise after the recent death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, this gripping book should raise awareness of the brutality that underscores this strange land. Without interrupting the narrative, Harden skillfully weaves in details of North Korea's history, politics and society, providing context for Shin's plight."-Associated Press, "Blaine Harden of the Washington Post is an experienced reporter of other hellholes, such as the Congo, Serbia, and Ethiopia. These, he makes clear, are success stories compared to North Korea . . . Harden deserves a lot more than; 'wow' for this terrifying, grim and, at the very end, slightly hopeful story of a damaged man still alive only by chance, whose life, even in freedom, has been dreadful." - Literary Review, "In Escape from Camp 14 , Harden chronicles Shin's amazing journey, from his very first memory--a public execution he witnessed as a 4-year-old--to his work with human rights advocacy groups in South Korea and the United States . . . By retelling Shin's against-all-odds exodus, Harden casts a harsh light on a moral embarrassment that has existed 12 times longer than the Nazi concentration camps.  Readers won't be able to forget Shin's boyish, emancipated smile--the new face of freedom trumping repression." --Will Lizlo, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, "A remarkable story, [ Escape from Camp 14] is a searing account of one man's incarceration and personal awakening in North Korea's highest-security prison."- The Wall Street Journal, "A riveting new biography . . . If you want a singular perspective on what goes on inside the rogue regime, then you must read [this] story.  It's a harrowing tale of endurance and courage, at times grim but ultimately life-affirming." --CNN
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  • Good Book - Could happen Here

    Learned a great deal about N.Korea under KIM. Of course KIM is the guy our President "Agent Orange" called honorable. Nice national program to imprison people for no reason & then breed them like lab mice so they can work for free for the rest of their miserable lives. Very interesting.

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  • OK

    Much detail of the survival tactics to prevail when escaping in a militant country. I was stationed in South Korea during the USS Pueblo incident and was always concerned over being shot down over the North.

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  • eye opening

    It provides a concise description of the plight the North Korean people have to endure every day.

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  • One mans journey to freedom

    Very informative as far as the struggles endured by a nation oppressed by a dictatorship that has no regard for its people. The only interests are for one man (Un) and only himself. Whether that be to use his people as slaves for labor or kill them off slowly by oppressing them of any human rights possible.