The Orphan Master’s Son
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By Adam Johnson Pak Jun Do is the son of a woman singer taken to Pyongyang and of a man who runs an orphanage work camp, and the North Korean state finds him useful: first as a tunnel fighter, then as a kidnapper on the Japanese coast, then…
| ISBN | 9780812982626 |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
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By Adam Johnson
Pak Jun Do is the son of a woman singer taken to Pyongyang and of a man who runs an orphanage work camp, and the North Korean state finds him useful: first as a tunnel fighter, then as a kidnapper on the Japanese coast, then as a radio operator on a fishing boat.
Then he takes another man’s identity entirely and the novel changes shape around him. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and constructed out of defector testimony and state propaganda in roughly equal measure.
First published 2012
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