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Don Gately
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| C.M. wrote: |
| Recently read "The Aquariums of Pyongyang." Might be a tad heartless to point out, but it was not a good book. His was an amazing, terrifying life to be sure....but it was not a good book. |
It might not have been well written (or well translated unless you read it in the original Korean) but as the first first-person account we have of North Korean labor camps I think you would be hard pressed to say it's not at least an important book. |
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C.M.
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| Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 4:26 pm Post subject: |
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Don Gately
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| Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 4:35 pm Post subject: |
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For what it's worth I agree with you on the readability. |
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Hanson
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| Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 4:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Don Gately wrote: |
| C.M. wrote: |
| Recently read "The Aquariums of Pyongyang." Might be a tad heartless to point out, but it was not a good book. His was an amazing, terrifying life to be sure....but it was not a good book. |
It might not have been well written (or well translated unless you read it in the original Korean) but as the first first-person account we have of North Korean labor camps I think you would be hard pressed to say it's not at least an important book. |
Unless I'm mistaken, the original was in French. Not great literature-wise, but it will last in my memory content-wise.
Another good read on life inside North Korea, Comrades and Strangers was a good read - about an English guy who lived in Pyeongyang for 7 years translating the works of Kim Il-sung.
My mom just sent me Freakonomics - a look at everyday life (things like real estate agents, the economics of a drug dealer) through an economist's point of view. Very interesting! |
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flotsam
Joined: 28 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 4:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Don Gately wrote: |
For what it's worth I agree with you on the readability. |
Second. But yeah, it's important. Like Wild Swans which I thought was poorly written as well.
*Edit: Uhhh...third, I reckon. |
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Farnsworth
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Bulsajo
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| Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 7:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Hanson wrote: |
My mom just sent me Freakonomics - a look at everyday life (things like real estate agents, the economics of a drug dealer) through an economist's point of view. Very interesting! |
That one's on my summer reading list, as is Cobra II and Between the Bridge and the River (fiction). |
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