The girl with seven names : a escape from North Korea
Record details
- ISBN: 9780007554850
- ISBN: 0007554850
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Physical Description:
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xiii, 304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 20 cm - Edition: Paperback edition
- Publisher: London : William Collins, 2016.
- Copyright: ©2015
Content descriptions
General Note: | Includes index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- Prologue -- Part One. The greatest nation on Earth. A train through the mountains -- The city at the edge of the world -- The eyes on the wall -- The lady in black -- The man beneath the bridge -- The red shoes -- Boomtown -- The secret photograph -- To be a good communist -- 'Rocky island' -- 'The house is cursed' -- Tragedy at the bridge -- Sunlight on dark water -- 'The great heart has stopped beating' -- Girlfriend of a hoodlum -- 'By the time you read this, the five of us will no longer exist in this world' -- The lights of Changbai -- Over the ice -- Part Two. To the heart of the dragon. A visit to Mr. Ahn -- Home truths -- The suitor -- The wedding trap -- Shenyang girl -- Guilt call -- The men from the south -- Interrogation -- The plan -- The gang -- The comfort of moonlight -- The biggest, brashest city in Asia -- Career woman -- A connection to Hyesan -- The teddy-bear conversations -- The tormenting of Min-ho -- The love shock -- Destination Seoul -- Part Three. Journey into darkness. 'Welcome to Korea' -- The women -- House of unity -- The learning race -- Waiting for 2012 -- A place of ghosts and wild dogs -- An impossible dilemma -- Journey into night -- Under a vast Asian sky -- Lost in Laos -- Whatever it takes -- The kindness of strangers -- Shuttle diplomacy -- Long wait for freedom -- A series of small miracles -- 'I am prepared to die' -- The beauty of a free mind -- Epilogue. |
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Subject: | Lee, Hyeonseo Defectors Korea (North) Biography Defectors Korea (South) Biography Communism Korea (North) History |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | DS 934.6 .L44 A3 2016 | 30775305521560 | General Collection | Available | - |
The Girl with Seven Names : Escape from North Korea
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The Girl with Seven Names : Escape from North Korea
Hyeonseo Lee was born in 1980 in Hyesan, North Korea. She escaped to China in 1997. Later she moved to Seoul, South Korea. She graduated from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. She is an activist and speaks internationally on human rights and life in North Korea. In 2013 she gave a TED talk about her experiences which has been viewed over 3 million times. She is the author of The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector's Story. (Bowker Author Biography)