A River in Darkness : One Man's Escape from North Korea

by Masaji Ishikawa

Rating: 4 (8 votes)

Tags: Set in North Korea Male author

A River in Darkness

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Previously published in Japan in 2000. Translated from Japanese by Risa Kobayashi and Martin Brown. First published in English by AmazonCrossing in 2017.

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(2 years ago)
26 Feb, 2024
So heartbreaking! I am counting this as a book for Japan considering Masaji Ishikawa was born in Japan. My challenge is related to where the author was born, not necessarily the setting of the book.
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