A River in Darkness: One Man’s Escape from North Korea

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The harrowing true story of one man’s life in—and subsequent escape from—North Korea, probably the most world’s most brutal totalitarian regimes.

Half-Korean, half-Japanese, Masaji Ishikawa has spent his whole life feeling like a man with no country. This feeling only deepened when his circle of relatives moved from Japan to North Korea when Ishikawa used to be just thirteen years old, and unwittingly became members of the lowest social caste. His father, himself a Korean national, used to be lured to the brand new Communist country by promises of abundant work, education for his children, and a higher station in society. However the reality in their new life used to be far from utopian.

In this memoir translated from the original Japanese, Ishikawa candidly recounts his tumultuous upbringing and the brutal thirty-six years he spent living under a crushing totalitarian regime, in addition to the challenges he faced repatriating to Japan after barely escaping North Korea with his life. A River in Darkness isn’t just a shocking portrait of life within the country but a testament to the dignity—and indomitable nature—of the human spirit.

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