The Hard Road Out Av Jihyun Park, Seh-Lynn Chai

The Hard Road Out Av Jihyun Park, Seh-Lynn Chai

The harrowing story of a woman who escaped famine and terror in North Korea, not once but twice.¿A gripping, suspenseful and cathartic memoir that tells a story of pain and perseverance and makes the moral case for asylum.¿ David Lammy MPNorth Korea is an open-air prison from which there is no escape. Only a handful of men an......
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The harrowing story of a woman who escaped famine and terror in North Korea, not once but twice.¿A gripping, suspenseful and cathartic memoir that tells a story of pain and perseverance and makes the moral case for asylum.¿ David Lammy MPNorth Korea is an open-air prison from which there is no escape. Only a handful of men and women have succeeded.Jihyun Park is one of these rare survivors. Twice she left the land of the ¿socialist miracle¿ to flee famine and dictatorship.By the age of 29 she had already witnessed a lifetime of suffering. Family members had died of starvation; her brother was beaten nearly to death by soldiers. Even smiling and laughing was discouraged.The first time she ran, she was forced abandon her father on his deathbed ¿ crossing the border under a hail of bullets. In China she was sold to a farmer, with whom she had a son, before being denounced and forcibly returned to North Korea.Six months later guards abandoned her, injured, outside a prison camp. She recove
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The harrowing story of a woman who escaped famine and terror in North Korea, not once but twice. 'A gripping, suspenseful and cathartic memoir that tells a story of pain and perseverance and makes the moral case for asylum.' David Lammy MP North Korea is an open-air prison from which there is no escape. Only a handful of men and women have succeeded.Jihyun Park is one of these rare survivors. Twice she left the land of the 'socialist miracle' to flee famine and dictatorship. By the age of 29 she had already witnessed a lifetime of suffering.Family members had died of starvation; her brother was beaten nearly to death by soldiers. Even smiling and laughing was discouraged. The first time she ran, she was forced abandon her father on his deathbed - crossing the border under a hail of bullets.In China she was sold to a farmer, with whom she had a son, before being denounced and forcibly returned to North Korea. Six months later guards abandoned her, injured, outside a prison camp. She recovered and returned China to seek her son, now six, before attempting to navigate the long, hard road through the Gobi Desert and into Mongolia.Clear-eyed and resolute, Jihyun's extraordinary story reveals a Korea far removed from the talk of nuclear weapons and economic sanctions. She remains sanguine despite the hardship. Recalling life's tiny pleasures even at her darkest moments, she manages to instill her tale with incredible grace and humanity.Beautifully written with South Korean compatriot Seh-lynn Chai, this compelling book offers a stark lesson in determination, and ultimately in the importance of asylum.

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Oppdag The Hard Road Out av Jihyun Park, Seh-Lynn Chai

The Hard Road Out er ikke bare en bok; det er en gripende reise gjennom smerte, motstandskraft og håp. Jihyun Parks utrolige beretning om å overvinne de umulige forholdene i Nord-Korea kommer til liv på hver eneste side. Dette er en historie som gir innsikt i en virkelighet som mange ikke tør å forestille seg.

En Uforglemmelig Memoar

Jihyun Park, som har overlevd to flukter fra en av verdens mest undertrykkende regimer, tar leseren med på en dramatiske opplevelser som har formet hennes liv. Hennes fortellinger om hungersnød, frykt og tap veves sammen med håp og utholdenhet, og gir et sjeldent innblikk i livet i Nord-Korea.

  • Fascinerende innhold: En gripende personlighet som forteller sin historie med ærlighet.
  • Stil og format: Vakkert skrevet i samarbeid med forfatteren Seh-Lynn Chai.
  • Historisk perspektiv: Boken gir et kritisk perspektiv på asylpolitikk og menneskerettigheter.
  • Visuelle elementer: Leseren får en sterk visualisering av de utfordrende forholdene Park står overfor, fra grensen til det kinesiske landsbygda til det uendelige Gobi-ørkenen.

En Beretning Om Utholdenhet

Gjennom The Hard Road Out oppdager vi hvordan Jihyun onnist tilslutt å gjennombryte sitt skjebnesvangre liv i Nord-Korea, til tross for alle odds. Hun gir en stemme til de usynlige ofrene for et regime som har revet familier fra hverandre, og vi får et innblikk i de små gledene som holder håpet i live, selv på de mørkeste dagene.

Ikke gå glipp av denne rørende fortellingen om mot, styrke, og den indre styrken av mennesker som nekter å gi opp. The Hard Road Out av Jihyun Park, Seh-Lynn Chai er mer enn bare en bok; det er en oppfordring til handling, et vitnesbyrd om livets skjørhet og vår kollektive skyld om å forstå og hjelpe.

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