Twenty-six years ago, Shin Dong-hyuk was born inside Camp 14, one of five sprawling political prisons in the mountains of North Korea. Located about 55 miles north of Pyongyang, the labor camp is a 'complete control district,' a no-exit prison where the only sentence is life. Inmates work 12 to 15-hour days in the camp mining coal, building dams, sewing military uniforms until they are executed, killed in work-related accidents or die of illness that is usually triggered by hunger. No one born in Camp 14 or in any North Korean political prison camp has escaped. No one except Shin. This is his story. A gripping, terrifying memoir with a searing sense of place, ESCAPE FROM CAMP 14 will unlock, through Shin, a dark and secret nation, taking readers to a place they have never before been allowed to go. This is a story unlike any other . . . More so than any other book on North Korea, including my own, Escape from Camp 14 exposes the cruelty that is the underpinning of Kim Jong Ils regime . . . The integrity of this book shines through on every page Barbara Demick, author of Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
Review "This is a story unlike any other... More so than any other book on North Korea, including my own, Escape from Camp 14 exposes the cruelty that is the underpinning of Kim Jong Il's regime. Blaine Harden, a veteran foreign correspondent from The Washington Post , tells this story masterfully...The integrity of this book shines through on every page."---Barbara Demick, author of Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
(Barbara Demick )
"If you have a soul, you will be changed forever by Blaine Harden's Escape from Camp 14...Harden masterfully allows us to know Shin, not as a giant but as a man, struggling to understand what was done to him and what he was forced to do to survive. By doing so, Escape from Camp 14 stands as a searing indictment of a depraved regime and a tribute to all those who cling to their humanity in the face of evil."---Mitchell Zuckoff, New York Times bestselling author of Lost in Shangri-La
(Mitchell Zuckoff )
Hardentells a gripping story. Readers learn of Shins gradual discovery of the world at large, nonadversarial human relationships, literature, and hopeand the struggles ahead. A book that all adults should read.
(Library Journal (starred review) )
"With a protagonist born into a life of backbreaking labor, cutthroat rivalries, and a nearly complete absence of human affection, Harden's book reads like a dystopian thriller. But this isn't fiction-it's the biography of Shin Dong-hyuk.
(- Publishers Weekly )
[A] chilling [and] remarkable story of deliverance from a hidden land.
(Kirkus Reviews )
Blaine Harden of the Washington Post is an experienced reporter of other hellholes, such as the Congo, Serbia, and Ethiopia. These, he makes clear, are success stories compared to North KoreaHarden deserves a lot more than ; wow for this terrifying, grim and, at the very end, slightly hopeful story of a damaged man still alive only by chance, whose life, even in freedom, has been dreadful.
(Literary Review )
"Mr. Shin's story, at times painful to read, recounts his physical and psychological journey from a lifetime of imprisonment in a closed and unfeeling prison society to the joys and challenges of life in a free society where he can live like a human being."---Kongdan Oh, co-author of The Hidden People of North Korea: Everyday Life in the Hermit Kingdom
(Kongdan Oh )
"Through the extraordinary arc of Shin's life, Harden illuminates the North Korea that exists beyond the headlines and creates a moving testament to one man's struggle to retrieve his own lost humanity."---Marcus Noland, co-author of Witness to Transformation: Refugee Insights into North Korea
(Marcus Noland )
About the Author BLAINE HARDEN is a contributor to the Economist and has formerly served as the Washington Post 's bureau chief in East Asia, Eastern Europe, and Africa. He is the author of Africa: Dispatches from a Fragile Continent and A River Lost: The Life and Death of the Columbia . He lives in Seattle, Washington.

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This is the incredible story of Shin Dong-hyuk – the only person born in a North Korean gulag ever to escape. A gripping, terrifying biography, Escape from Camp 14 by journalist Blaine Harden uncovers a dark and secret nation.
Now a major documentary film.
'This is a story unlike any other' - Barbara Demick, author of Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea.
Twenty-seven years ago, Shin Dong-hyuk was born inside Camp 14, one of five sprawling political prisons in the mountains of North Korea. Located about fifty-five miles north of Pyongyang, the labour camp is a 'complete control district' – a no-exit prison where the only sentence is life.
No one born in Camp 14 or in any North Korean political prison camp has escaped. No one except Shin. This is his story . .

Now With A New Foreword By The Author. Shin Dong-hyuk Was Born In The Early 1980s Inside Camp 14, One Of Five Sprawling Political Prisons In The Mountains Of North Korea. Located About 55 Miles North Of Pyongyang, The Labour Camp Is A 'complete Control District,' A No-exit Prison Where The Only Sentence Is Life. No One Born In Camp 14 Or In Any North Korean Political Prison Camp Has Escaped. No One Except Shin. This Is His Story. A Gripping, Terrifying Memoir With A Searing Sense Of Place, Escape From Camp 14 Will Unlock, Through Shin, A Dark And Secret Nation, Taking Readers To A Place They Have Never Before Been Allowed To Go. 'this Is A Story Unlike Any Other' Barbara Demick, Author Of Nothing To Envy: Ordinary Lives In North Korea A Major Documentary Film.

2018-07-15