Description
| Product ID: | 9780330519540 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Escape from Camp 14 |
| Subtitle: | One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West |
| Authors: | Author: Blaine Harden |
| Page Count: | 288 |
| Subjects: | True stories of heroism, endurance and survival, True stories of heroism, endurance & survival, North Korea |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Introducing the incredible story of Shin Dong-hyuk – the only person born in a North Korean gulag ever to escape . . . <p><b>This is the incredible story of Shin Dong-hyuk – the only person born in a North Korean gulag ever to escape to freedom. A gripping, terrifying biography, <i>Escape from Camp 14</i> by journalist Blaine Harden uncovers a dark and secret nation – now a major documentary film.<br><br> 'This is a story unlike any other' Barbara Demick, author of <i>Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea</i></b><br><br>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.<br><br>No one born in Camp 14 or in any North Korean political prison camp has escaped. No one except Shin. This is his story . .</p> |
| Imprint Name: | Pan Books |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2015-07-30 |