Dear Leader : poet, spy, escapee : a look inside North Korea
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Author
Contributors
Lee, Shirley, translator.
Published
New York : 37 Ink/Atria, 2014.
Format
Book
Edition
First 37 Ink/Atria books hardcover edition.
ISBN
9781476766553 (hc), 147676655X (hc)
Physical Desc
xxii, 339 pages : illustration, map ; 24 cm
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Blanchard Community Library - Adult Non-Fiction | 951.93051 J336 | On Shelf |
Goleta Valley Library - Adult Non-Fiction | 951.93051 J336 | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : 37 Ink/Atria, 2014.
Edition
First 37 Ink/Atria books hardcover edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9781476766553 (hc), 147676655X (hc)
Notes
General Note
Includes index.
Description
"In this rare insider's view into contemporary North Korea, a high-ranking counterintelligence agent describes his life as a former poet laureate to Kim Jong-il and his breathtaking escape to freedom. "The General will now enter the room." Everyone turns to stone. Not moving my head, I direct my eyes to a point halfway up the archway where Kim Jong-il's face will soon appear... As North Korea's State Poet Laureate, Jang Jin-sung led a charmed life. With food provisions (even as the country suffered through its great famine), a travel pass, access to strictly censored information, and audiences with Kim Jong-il himself, his life in Pyongyang seemed safe and secure. But this privileged existence was about to be shattered. When a strictly forbidden magazine he lent to a friend goes missing, Jang Jin-sung must flee for his life. Never before has a member of the elite described the inner workings of this totalitarian state and its propaganda machine. An astonishing expose; told through the heart-stopping story of Jang Jin-sung's escape to South Korea, Dear Leader is a rare and unprecedented insight into the world's most secretive and repressive regime"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Chang, C., & Lee, S. (2014). Dear Leader: poet, spy, escapee : a look inside North Korea (First 37 Ink/Atria books hardcover edition.). 37 Ink/Atria .
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Chang, Chin-sŏng and Shirley, Lee. 2014. Dear Leader: Poet, Spy, Escapee : A Look Inside North Korea. 37 Ink/Atria.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Chang, Chin-sŏng and Shirley, Lee. Dear Leader: Poet, Spy, Escapee : A Look Inside North Korea 37 Ink/Atria, 2014.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Chang, Chin-sŏng., and Shirley Lee. Dear Leader: Poet, Spy, Escapee : A Look Inside North Korea First 37 Ink/Atria books hardcover edition., 37 Ink/Atria , 2014.
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