A Thousand Miles to Freedom, Sebastien Falletti
A Thousand Miles to Freedom, Sebastien Falletti
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A Thousand Miles to Freedom
My Escape from North Korea

Author: Sebastien Falletti, Eunsun Kim

Narrator: Emily Woo Zeller

Unabridged: 8 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/21/2015


Synopsis

Eunsun Kim was born in North Korea, one of the most secretive and oppressive countries in the modern world. As a child Eunsun loved her country...despite her school field trips to public executions, daily self-criticism sessions, and the increasing gnaw of hunger as the country-wide famine escalated.

By the time she was eleven years old, Eunsun's father and grandparents had died of starvation, and Eunsun too was in danger of starving. Finally, her mother decided to escape North Korea with Eunsun and her sister, not knowing that they were embarking on a journey that would take them nine long years to complete.

Told with grace and courage, her memoir is a riveting exposé of North Korea's totalitarian regime and, ultimately, a testament to the strength and resilience of the human spirit.

About Sebastien Falletti

Sebastien Falletti has been the Korea correspondent for the French newspaper Le Figaro since 2009. He covers political and business news across Asia. Born in Paris, Sebastien is now based in Seoul and Shanghai.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Peiman

هزار فرسنگ تا آزادی داستان فرار یک دختر به همراه مادر و خواهرش از کره‌ی شمالی هست. فراری که به سختی و سالها طول می‌کشه. ابتدا از شرح وضعیتشون در کره‌ی شمالی شروع می‌کنه تا خواننده متوجه بشه اصلا دلیل اصلی فرار چی هست و بعد اتفاقی که براشون می‌افته رو شرح میده. سختی‌هایی که گذر از اونها ساده نبوده. د......more

Goodreads review by Moujan

داستان کتاب: دختری در سن ۱۱ سالگی( اگر اشتباه نکنم) با از دست دادن پدر بزرگ‌ها، مادر بزرگ‌ها و پدرش بر اثر گشنگی و قحطی در کره شمالی، با مادر و خواهر بزرگ‌ترش تصمیم می‌گیرند از طریق رودخانه‌ای که بین کره‌ی شمالی و چین هست به چین بروند. داستان چگونگی زندگی‌شان در کره‌ی شمالی، فرار از آنجا و دوباره با......more

Goodreads review by Jaylia3

This memoir has a personal, almost conversational tone, but what a moving, heartbreaking, inspiring, fascinating story she has to tell. Eunsun Kim spent her early years happily enough in North Korea, and that was interesting in itself to read about, but then famine drove her family across the border......more

2.5⭐️ Mano bagaže jau tikrai nemažai perskaitytų knygų apie šiaurės korėją. Vienos buvo tikrai sukrečiančios, informatyvios ne tik iš autoriaus asmeninės perspektyvos, bet ir istoriškai, kitos - praplaukė paviršium. Ši - labiau iš pastarųjų. Turėjo keletą unikalesnių momentų, bet prisiminimų esmė iš......more