Escape from Camp 14
One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West
Ranked #4 in North Korea, Ranked #11 in Korean — see more rankings.
A New York Times bestseller, the shocking story of one of the few people born in a North Korean political prison to have escaped and survived.
North Korea is isolated and hungry, bankrupt and belligerent. It is also armed with nuclear weapons. Between 150,000 and 200,000 people are being held in its political prison camps, which have existed twice as long as Stalin's Soviet gulags and twelve times as long as the Nazi concentration camps. Very few born and raised in these camps have escaped. But Shin Donghyuk did.
In Escape from Camp 14, acclaimed... more
North Korea is isolated and hungry, bankrupt and belligerent. It is also armed with nuclear weapons. Between 150,000 and 200,000 people are being held in its political prison camps, which have existed twice as long as Stalin's Soviet gulags and twelve times as long as the Nazi concentration camps. Very few born and raised in these camps have escaped. But Shin Donghyuk did.
In Escape from Camp 14, acclaimed... more
Rankings by Category
Escape from Camp 14 is ranked in the following categories:
- #27 in Communism
- #95 in Current Affairs
- #70 in Documentaries
- #51 in English Writer
- #25 in Human Rights
- #11 in Korean History
- #47 in Korean War
- #43 in Prison
- #75 in True Stories
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