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Title: Dear Leader Author: Jang Jin-Sung Genre: Memoir Rating: 5/5 Thoughts: This book is amazing. If there is one book you read on North Korea, let it be this one. I’ve read 2 books based in North Korea so far – Jia and Long Road Home but they have both been more of personal struggles.... Continue Reading →
Title: Jia Author: Hyejin Kim Genre: Fiction Paperback: 300 pages Publisher: Cleis Press (June 14, 2007) Source: Library Set in: North Korea Rating: 4 out of 5 My Thoughts: Jia is a novel based in North Korea written by a South Korean. Interesting right? It's also supposedly the first novel about present-day North Korea to... Continue Reading →
Title: Long Road Home Author: Kim Yong with Kim Suk-young Genre: Non-fiction(Memoir) Source: Library Hardcover: 184 pages Publisher: Columbia University Press (June 1, 2009) Set in: North Korea Rating: 4 out of 5 My thoughts: Kim was an ideal North Korean citizen. He had a high post in the government, made a lot of profit,... Continue Reading →
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