โ Scribed by Harden, Blaine
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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
Koreas political prison camps have existed twice as long as Stalins
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 worlds most repressive
totalitarian state through the story of Shins shocking imprisonment and
his astounding getaway. Shin knew nothing of civilized existencehe 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 Koreas
government denies they exist.
Hardens 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 worlds darkest nations. It is a tale of endurance and courage,
survival and hope.
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\*\* Twenty-six years ago, Shin Dong-hyuk was born inside Camp 14, one of five sprawling political prisons in the mountains of North Korea. Located about 55 miles north of Pyongyang, the labor camp is a 'complete control district,' a no-exit prison where the only sentence is life. Inmates work 12 to
Twenty-six years ago, Shin Dong-hyuk was born inside Camp 14, one of five sprawling political prisons in the mountains of North Korea. Located about 55 miles north of Pyongyang, the labor camp is a 'complete control district,' a no-exit prison where the only sentence is life. Inmates work 12 to 15-h
Twenty-six years ago, Shin Dong-hyuk was born inside Camp 14, one of five sprawling political prisons in the mountains of North Korea. Located about 55 miles north of Pyongyang, the labor camp is a 'complete control district,' a no-exit prison where the only sentence is life. Inmates work 12 to 15-h
Twenty-six years ago, Shin Dong-hyuk was born inside Camp 14, one of five sprawling political prisons in the mountains of North Korea. Located about 55 miles north of Pyongyang, the labor camp is a 'complete control district,' a no-exit prison where the only sentence is life. Inmates work 12 to 15-h
Twenty-six years ago, Shin Dong-hyuk was born inside Camp 14, one of five sprawling political prisons in the mountains of North Korea. Located about 55 miles north of Pyongyang, the labor camp is a 'complete control district,' a no-exit prison where the only sentence is life. Inmates work 12 to 15-h