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

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

Masaji Ishikawa with Risa Kobayashi (Translator), Martin Brown (Translator)

nonfiction biography history memoir emotional inspiring sad slow-paced

172 pages | first published 2000

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An Amazon Charts Most Read and Most Sold book.The harrowing true story of one man's life in--and subsequent escape from--North Korea, one of the world's most brutal totalitarian regimes.Half-Korean, half-Japanese, Masaji Ishikawa has spent his who...
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