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The Hard Road Out
- One Woman’s Escape from North Korea
- Narrateur(s): Rosa Escoda
- Durée: 6 h et 52 min
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Description
The harrowing story of a woman who escaped famine and terror in North Korea, not once but twice.
North Korea is an open-air prison from which there is no escape. Only a handful of men and women have succeeded.
Jihyun Park is one of these rare survivors. Twice she left the land of the ‘socialist miracle’ to flee famine and dictatorship.
By the age of 29, she had already witnessed a lifetime of suffering. Family members had died of starvation; her brother was beaten nearly to death by soldiers. Even smiling and laughing was discouraged.
The first time she ran, she was forced abandon her father on his deathbed—crossing the border under a hail of bullets. In China she was sold to a farmer, with whom she had a son, before being denounced and forcibly returned to North Korea.
Six months later, guards abandoned her, injured, outside a prison camp. She recovered and returned China to seek her son, now six, before attempting to navigate the long, hard road through the Gobi Desert and into Mongolia.
Clear-eyed and resolute, Jihyun’s extraordinary story reveals a Korea far removed from the talk of nuclear weapons and economic sanctions. She remains sanguine despite the hardship. Recalling life’s tiny pleasures even at her darkest moments, she manages to instill her tale with incredible grace and humanity.
Beautifully written with South Korean compatriot Seh-lynn Chai, this compelling book offers a stark lesson in determination, and ultimately in the importance of asylum.
Ce que les critiques en disent
"A gripping, suspenseful and cathartic memoir that tells a story of pain and perseverance and makes the moral case for asylum." (David Lammy MP)
"Jihyun Park is the first defector to seek political office outside the Korean peninsula." (The Sun)
"Gripping. Strikes a good balance in offering colourful cultural details to a western reader who is unlikely to know much about this closed-off part of the world." (Alice Fookes and Anna Souter, UN Women UK)
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- Saps
- 2023-10-04
Never giving up
I got this book to listen to on walks to pass the time. I tend to drift off into random thoughts when I listen to audiobooks but The Hard Road Out held my attention from beginning to end. Heartbreaking and inspiring, I loved it! I started looking forward to my daily walk and even took longer routes to listen to more.
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- Harmony Ackerson
- 2024-01-05
great book but awful narrator
I really enjoyed this book but I wish they had picked a different narrator, her voice is awful. she has some kind of lisp which makes listening to her hard.
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