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Escape from North Korea

By Daniele Zanon
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Length7h 38m

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Escape from North Korea is based on the first-hand account of a human-rights activist’s time in North Korea, where she worked for an NGO. Shared anonymously (for reasons of security) with her friend, the novelist and screenwriter Daniele Zanon, this account has become a novel that reflects the painful reality of life under a dictatorship in a country that the United Nations has called “one large prison.” The brutality of the regime turns North Korean daily life into a collective nightmare. With a light but firm hand, Daniele Zanon tells the story of a group of young people condemned to live this nightmare in a North Korean “rehabilitation commune,” from which they decide to escape. Their adventures are as engaging as they are extraordinary, against the backdrop of a country where the all-powerful Kim family is deified, the military omnipotent and foreigners a source of wonder and fear. The strange story of one of the rare Western families living in Pyongyang is skilfully woven into the narrative, which has a fantastic ending filled with hope.
DystopianSurvivalThrillerJourneyRebellionFound FamilyAdventureHopepunkEpic QuestComing of AgeFamilyPolitical IntrigueEspionagePsychologicalCrime

Audiobook details

GenreGeneral Fiction
Length7 hrs 38 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 7, 2024
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Escape from North Korea
43​Twenty-eight
2​Author’s Note
44​Twenty-nine
3​Part one
45​Thirty
4​One
46​Thirty-one
5​Two
47​Thirty-two
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6​Three
48​Thirty-three
7​Four
49​Thirty-four
8​Five
50​Thirty-five
9​Six
51​Thirty-six
10​Seven
52​Thirty-seven
11​Eight
53​Thirty-eight
12​Nine
54​Thirty-nine
13​Ten
55​Forty
14​Eleven
56​Forty-one
15​Part two
57​Forty-two
16One
58​Forty-three
17​Two
59​Forty-four
18​Three
60​Forty-five
19​Four
61​Forty-six
20​Five
62​Forty-seven
21​Six
63​Forty-eight
22​Seven
64​Forty-nine
23​Eight
65​Fifty
24​Nine
66​Fifty-one
25​Ten
67​Fifty-two
26​Eleven
68​Fifty-three
27​Twelve
69​Fifty-four
28​Thirteen
70​Fifty-five
29​Fourteen
71​Fifty-six
30​Fifteen
72​Fifty-seven
31​Sixteen
73​Fifty-eight
32​Seventeen
74​Fifty-nine
33​Eighteen
75​Sixty
34Nineteen
76​Sixty-one
35​Twenty
77​Sixty-two
36​Twenty-one
78​Sixty-three
37​Twenty-two
79​Sixty-four
38​Twenty-three
80Sixty-five
39​Twenty-four
81​Sixty-six
40​Twenty-five
82​Sixty-seven
41​Twenty-six
83​Epilogue
42​Twenty-seven

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