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Length7h 38m
About this audiobook
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.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★ 3.5 (19)
Includes Goodreads
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
26Eleven
2Author’s Note
27Twelve
3Part one
28Thirteen
4One
29Fourteen
5Two
30Fifteen
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6Three
31Sixteen
7Four
32Seventeen
8Five
33Eighteen
9Six
34Nineteen
10Seven
35Twenty
11Eight
36Twenty-one
12Nine
37Twenty-two
13Ten
38Twenty-three
14Eleven
39Twenty-four
15Part two
40Twenty-five
16One
41Twenty-six
17Two
42Twenty-seven
18Three
43Twenty-eight
19Four
44Twenty-nine
20Five
45Thirty
21Six
46Thirty-one
22Seven
47Thirty-two
23Eight
48Thirty-three
24Nine
49Thirty-four
25Ten
50Thirty-five
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