The Accusation

Forbidden Stories from Inside North Korea

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247 pages

English language

Published Feb. 16, 2017

ISBN:
978-0-8021-2620-7
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OCLC Number:
951955957

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A collection of searing and heart-wrenching stories by an anonymous North Korean writer who is still living in the country, The Accusation was secretly brought to South Korea in order to be published there and abroad. Seventeen publishers around the world are now preparing editions. This deeply moving and eye-opening literary work paints a powerful portrait of life under the North Korean regime. Set during the period of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il's leadership, the seven stories that make up The Accusation give voice to the people living under this most bizarre and horrifying of dictatorships. The characters of these mesmerizing stories come from a wide variety of backgrounds, from a young mother living among the elite in Pyongyang whose son misbehaves during a political rally, to a former Communist war hero who is deeply disillusioned with the intrusion of the Party into everything he holds dear, to a husband …

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Subjects

  • Politics and government
  • Dictatorship
  • Korean
  • Translations into English
  • Short stories
  • Fiction

Places

  • Korea (North)

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