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Escape from Camp 14
One Man’s Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West
Blaine Harden
North Korea’s political prison camps have existed twice
as long as Stalin’s gulags did and twelve times as long
as the Nazi concentration camps did. No one born and
raised in these camps is known to have escaped. No one,
that is, except Shin Dong-hyuk. In Escape from Camp 14,
veteran reporter Blaine Harden unlocks the secrets of
the world’s most repressive totalitarian state through the
story of Shin’s shocking imprisonment and his astounding
getaway. A tale of endurance and courage, survival and
hope, Harden’s harrowing narrative exposes this hidden
dystopia, focusing on an extraordinary young man who
came of age in one of the world’s darkest nations.
BlAine hARden is a reporter
for PBS’s FRONTLINE and a contributor
to the Economist, and has 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.
“ A searing account of one man’s
incarceration and personal
awakening.” —The Wall Street Journal
“ Harden’s book, besides being a gripping
story, unsparingly told, carries a freight of
intelligence about this black hole of a country.”
—Bill Keller, The New York Times
“ A riveting, remarkable book that
should be required reading in every high-
school or college civics class.”
—The Seattle Times
“ Absolutely unique . . . Read it.”
—Donald E. Graham, CEO of
The Washington Post
“ An 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
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