WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION 2013 - the ground-breaking story about a young man's passage through the prison camps and dictatorship of North Korea

Informationen zum Autor ADAM JOHNSON won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2013 for his second novel, the New York Times bestseller The Orphan Master's Son ('Excavates the very meaning of life' New York Times ). His short story 'Nirvana' won the prestigious Sunday Times/ EFG Short Story Award. He is the author of acclaimed story collections, Fortune Smiles and Emporium and the novel Parasites Like Us. He teaches creative writing at Stanford University and lives with his family in San Francisco. Klappentext An acclaimed novel, which follows a young man's epic journey within the world's most mysterious dictatorship, North Korea. Dark, playful and genre-defying - part thriller, part coming-of-age story, part love story - it highlights the surrealist brutality of North Korea and shines a fierce light on the essence of the human condition. Zusammenfassung - WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION - NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER- NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST- 'You know you are in the hands of someone who can tell a story. Inhaltsverzeichnis ENG

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ADAM JOHNSON won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2013 for his second novel, the New York Times bestseller The Orphan Master's Son ('Excavates the very meaning of life' New York Times). His short story 'Nirvana' won the prestigious *Sunday Times/*EFG Short Story Award. He is the author of acclaimed story collections, Fortune Smiles and Emporium and the novel Parasites Like Us. He teaches creative writing at Stanford University and lives with his family in San Francisco.

Klappentext

An acclaimed novel, which follows a young man's epic journey within the world's most mysterious dictatorship, North Korea. Dark, playful and genre-defying - part thriller, part coming-of-age story, part love story - it highlights the surrealist brutality of North Korea and shines a fierce light on the essence of the human condition.

Zusammenfassung

• WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION - NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER- NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST- 'You know you are in the hands of someone who can tell a story.

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