The Aquariums Of Pyongyang by Pierre Rigoulot, Kang Chol-Hwan

The Aquariums Of Pyongyang

Pierre Rigoulot, Kang Chol-Hwan

256 pages first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction biography history memoir dark informative sad medium-paced

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North Korea is today one of the last bastions of hard-line Communism. Its leaders have kept a tight grasp on their one-party regime, quashing any nascent opposition movements and sending all suspected dissidents to its brutal concentration camps f...

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dark 82%
informative 68%
sad 62%
emotional 51%
challenging 42%
reflective 37%
tense 34%
inspiring 20%
hopeful 8%

Pace

medium 73%
fast 14%
slow 11%

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