![]() Shin knew nothing of civilized existence-he saw his mother as a competitor for food, guards raised him to be a snitch, and he witnessed the execution of his own family. In Escape from Camp 14, acclaimed journalist Blaine Harden tells the story of Shin Dong-hyuk and through the lens of Shin's life unlocks the secrets of the world's most repressive totalitarian state. Very few born and raised in these camps have escaped. Between 150,000 and 200,000 people are being held in its political prison camps, which have existed twice as long as Stalin's Soviet gulags and twelve times as long as the Nazi concentration camps. North Korea is isolated and hungry, bankrupt and belligerent. A New York Times bestseller, the shocking story of one of the few people born in a North Korean political prison to have escaped and survived. ![]()
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