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The Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag
The Aquariums of Pyongyang Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag
Author: Kang Chol-Hwan, Pierre Rigoulot
The first personal documentation of life in the North Korean labor camps from a survivor and escapee of the communist regime's prisons. North Korea is today one of the last bastions of hard-line Communism. Its leaders have kept a tight grasp on their one-party regime, quashing any nascent opposition movements and sending all suspected dissidents...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780465011049
ISBN-10: 0465011047
Publication Date: 8/30/2005
Pages: 238
Edition: New Ed
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4.1 stars, based on 7 ratings
Publisher: Basic Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 13
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A well-written and harrowing first-person account of life in a North Korean prison camp.
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reviewed The Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag on + 3 more book reviews
I found this book extremely interesting, because glimpses into North Korea are so limited. Of course, you have the gruesome aspects of the gulag, but, the perspective on daily living (pre-famine) were so interesting.


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