Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West
Mar 2012 · Pan Macmillan
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This is the incredible story of Shin Dong-hyuk – the only person born in a North Korean gulag ever to escape. A gripping, terrifying biography, Escape from Camp 14 by journalist Blaine Harden uncovers a dark and secret nation.
Now a major documentary film.
'This is a story unlike any other' - Barbara Demick, author of Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea.
Twenty-seven years ago, Shin Dong-hyuk was born inside Camp 14, one of five sprawling political prisons in the mountains of North Korea. Located about fifty-five miles north of Pyongyang, the labour camp is a 'complete control district' – a no-exit prison where the only sentence is life.
No one born in Camp 14 or in any North Korean political prison camp has escaped. No one except Shin. This is his story . .
Now a major documentary film.
'This is a story unlike any other' - Barbara Demick, author of Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea.
Twenty-seven years ago, Shin Dong-hyuk was born inside Camp 14, one of five sprawling political prisons in the mountains of North Korea. Located about fifty-five miles north of Pyongyang, the labour camp is a 'complete control district' – a no-exit prison where the only sentence is life.
No one born in Camp 14 or in any North Korean political prison camp has escaped. No one except Shin. This is his story . .
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103 reviews
Meriel O'Conor
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January 30, 2013
I don't think there could be any place on earth worse than camp 14. If you want to appreciate real hardship and learn about the strangest country in the world then read this.
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Alex Speer
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April 2, 2016
A great book, which was truly eye opening into the horrors that go on in NK. I can no longer see Kim Jong Un as a joke of a leader, but rather the murderous, evil dictator he is.
Louise Illingworth
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March 25, 2014
Everyone should know about the evilness hiding within North Korea. A true story that needs telling in order for a change in such barbaric circumstances.
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About the author
Blaine Harden is a reporter for PBS Frontline and a contributor to the Economist, based in Seattle, having completed a tour as the Washington Post’s bureau chief in Tokyo. He is the prize-winning, acclaimed author of two books: Africa: Dispatches from a Fragile Continent and A River Lost: The Life and Death of the Columbia and the author of Escape from Camp 14.
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