Summary Of Masaji Ishikawas A River In Darkness

Author : Masaji Ishikawa
Publisher : Amazon Crossing
ISBN 13 : 9781542047197
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A River in Darkness written by Masaji Ishikawa and published by Amazon Crossing. This book was released on 2018-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previously published in Japan in 2000. Translated from Japanese by Risa Kobayashi and Martin Brown. First published in English by AmazonCrossing in 2017.

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Download or read book Summary: A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Milkyway Media
Publisher : Milkyway Media
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Total Pages : 18 pages
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Download or read book Summary of Masaji Ishikawa's A River in Darkness written by Milkyway Media and published by Milkyway Media. This book was released on 2024-01-29 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get the Summary of Masaji Ishikawa's A River in Darkness in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "A River in Darkness" is the memoir of Masaji Ishikawa, detailing his life from a troubled childhood in Japan to a harrowing existence in North Korea and his eventual escape. Born to a Korean father and Japanese mother, Ishikawa faced domestic violence, poverty, and discrimination due to his mixed heritage. His father's involvement with a pro-North Korean organization led the family to repatriate to North Korea, lured by false promises of a better life...

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Publisher : Everest Media LLC
ISBN 13 : 1669366855
Total Pages : 23 pages
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Download or read book Summary of Masaji Ishikawa's A River in Darkness written by Everest Media, and published by Everest Media LLC. This book was released on 2022-03-26T22:59:00Z with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 I was born in Japan between two worlds. I was Korean on my father’s side and Japanese on my mother’s side. I was raised in a poor Korean family in Mizonokuchi, a neighborhood south of Tokyo. I dreamed of becoming the prime minister of Japan. #2 My mother, Miyoko, was a woman of strong character. She had an oval face that was beautiful in its way. My father, on the other hand, had sharp, razorlike eyes, a well-built body, and muscular shoulders. I don’t know what my mother saw in him. #3 My grandmother once said to me, Koreans are barbarians. I loved her, but I resented her remark. I felt Japanese, but I was half-Korean, and I hated it. I had a strong sense of revulsion toward my father, who certainly lived up to the barbaric reputation of Koreans when he beat my mother. #4 My father, who was a member of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, became known as Tiger because of his fighting skills. But the group was deemed a terrorist group and was ordered to disband in 1949.

Author : Bookhabits
Publisher : Blurb
ISBN 13 : 9781388869878
Total Pages : 68 pages
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Download or read book Summary of a River in Darkness by Masaji Ishikawa: Conversation Starters written by Bookhabits and published by Blurb. This book was released on 2018-02-17 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A River in Darkness by Masaji Ishikawa: Conversation Starters A River in Darkness, is a memoir written by Masaji Ishikawa. Ishikawa grew up in Japan, the son of a Japanese mother and Korean father. His family moved from Japan to North Korea when Ishikawa was thirteen years old. The family was enticed to come to the country through propaganda that promised a better life with work, education, and a higher societal status. When they arrived in North Korea, they were automatically put in the lowest social caste in the country. They realized immediately that their lives would be brutal. Ishikawa retells the story of his nearly forty years living in North Korea and his dangerous escape from the country. A River in Darkness is a shocking tale of how people are forced to live in North Korea. A River in Darkness by Masaji Ishikawa is a most sold and most read book on Amazon. Kirkus Reviews calls it the "terrifying true story" of how people are living inside North Korea. A Brief Look Inside: EVERY GOOD BOOK CONTAINS A WORLD FAR DEEPER than the surface of its pages. The characters and their world come alive, and the characters and its world still live on. Conversation Starters is peppered with questions designed to bring us beneath the surface of the page and invite us into the world that lives on. These questions can be used to... Create Hours of Conversation: - Promote an atmosphere of discussion for groups - Foster a deeper understanding of the book - Assist in the study of the book, either individually or corporately - Explore unseen realms of the book as never seen before Disclaimer: This book you are about to enjoy is an independent resource meant to supplement the original book. If you have not yet read the original book, we encourage you to before purchasing this unofficial Conversation Starters.

Author : Abbey Beathan
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ISBN 13 : 9781646152841
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Summary of A River in Darkness written by Abbey Beathan and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-10 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea by Masaji Ishikawa Book Summary Abbey Beathan (Disclaimer: This is NOT the original book.) The life of a man and his escape from one of the most vicious totalitarian regimes out there. Masaji Ishikawa's horror story began when he moved to North Korea at thirteen years of age. His parents were lured in with promises of abundant work, higher station in society and great opportunities for their child. However, all of those statements were lies. Get ready to read about the tumultuous story of Ishikawa's life in North Korea and how he managed to escape this cruel regime. (Note: This summary is wholly written and published by Abbey Beathan. It is not affiliated with the original author in any way) "You don't choose to be born. You just are. And your birth is your destiny, some say. I say the hell with that. And I should know. I was born not just once but five times. And five times I learned the same lesson. Sometimes in life, you have to grab your so-called destiny by the throat and wring its neck." - Masaji Ishikawa Ishikawa has in his hand, a vast arsenal of stories to tell us. Living 36 years in North Korea, will get you some interesting anecdotes. Ishikawa is willing to share them with us in order for us to comprehend the cruel reality of communism and how lucky some people are to be born in stable and prosperous countries. A touching tale that is a testament to the undying nature of the human spirit and its drive to never give up. Showing us how vicious a dictatorship can be, witness Ishikawa's life and how horrible it became the moment he had to move to North Korea. P.S. A River in Darkness is an extremely interesting book that makes us realize how twisted the North Korea's regime is. P.P.S. It was Albert Einstein who famously said that once you stop learning, you start dying. It was Bill Gates who said that he would want the ability to read faster if he could only have one superpower in this world. Abbey Beathan's mission is to bring across amazing golden nuggets in amazing books through our summaries. Our vision is to make reading non-fiction fun, dynamic and captivating. Ready To Be A Part Of Our Vision & Mission? Scroll Up Now and Click on the "Buy now with 1-Click" Button to Get Your Copy. Why Abbey Beathan's Summaries? How Can Abbey Beathan Serve You? Amazing Refresher if you've read the original book before Priceless Checklist in case you missed out any crucial lessons/details Perfect Choice if you're interested in the original book but never read it before Disclaimer Once Again: This book is meant for a great companionship of the original book or to simply get the gist of the original book. "One of the greatest and most powerful gift in life is the gift of knowledge. The way of success is the way of continuous pursuit of knowledge" - Abbey Beathan

Author : Sungju Lee
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 161312340X
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Every Falling Star written by Sungju Lee and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written for a young audience, this intense memoir explores the harsh realities of life on the streets in contemporary North Korea. Every Falling Star is the memoir of Sungju Lee, who at the age of twelve was forced to live on the streets of North Korea and fend for himself. To survive, Sungju creates a gang and lives by thieving, fighting, begging, and stealing rides on cargo trains. Sungju richly recreates his scabrous story, depicting what it was like for a boy alone to create a new family with his gang, “his brothers,” to daily be hungry and to fear arrest, imprisonment, and even execution. This riveting memoir allows young readers to learn about other cultures where freedoms they take for granted do not exist.

Author : Jung H. Pak
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 1984819739
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Becoming Kim Jong Un written by Jung H. Pak and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2020-04-28 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking account of the rise of North Korea’s Kim Jong Un—from his nuclear ambitions to his summits with President Donald J. Trump—by a leading American expert “Shrewdly sheds light on the world’s most recognizable mysterious leader, his life and what’s really going on behind the curtain.”—Newsweek When Kim Jong Un became the leader of North Korea following his father's death in 2011, predictions about his imminent fall were rife. North Korea was isolated, poor, unable to feed its people, and clinging to its nuclear program for legitimacy. Surely this twentysomething with a bizarre haircut and no leadership experience would soon be usurped by his elders. Instead, the opposite happened. Now in his midthirties, Kim Jong Un has solidified his grip on his country and brought the United States and the region to the brink of war. Still, we know so little about him—or how he rules. Enter former CIA analyst Jung Pak, whose brilliant Brookings Institution essay “The Education of Kim Jong Un” cemented her status as the go-to authority on the calculating young leader. From the beginning of Kim’s reign, Pak has been at the forefront of shaping U.S. policy on North Korea and providing strategic assessments for leadership at the highest levels in the government. Now, in this masterly book, she traces and explains Kim’s ascent on the world stage, from his brutal power-consolidating purges to his abrupt pivot toward diplomatic engagement that led to his historic—and still poorly understood—summits with President Trump. She also sheds light on how a top intelligence analyst assesses thorny national security problems: avoiding biases, questioning assumptions, and identifying risks as well as opportunities. In piecing together Kim’s wholly unique life, Pak argues that his personality, perceptions, and preferences are underestimated by Washington policy wonks, who assume he sees the world as they do. As the North Korean nuclear threat grows, Becoming Kim Jong Un gives readers the first authoritative, behind-the-scenes look at Kim’s character and motivations, creating an insightful biography of the enigmatic man who could rule the hermit kingdom for decades—and has already left an indelible imprint on world history.

Author : Melanie Kirkpatrick
Publisher : Encounter Books
ISBN 13 : 1594037329
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Escape from North Korea written by Melanie Kirkpatrick and published by Encounter Books. This book was released on 2014-05-13 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the world’s most repressive state comes rare good news: the escape to freedom of a small number of its people. It is a crime to leave North Korea. Yet increasing numbers of North Koreans dare to flee. They go first to neighboring China, which rejects them as criminals, then on to Southeast Asia or Mongolia, and finally to South Korea, the United States, and other free countries. They travel along a secret route known as the new underground railroad. With a journalist’s grasp of events and a novelist’s ear for narrative, Melanie Kirkpatrick tells the story of the North Koreans’ quest for liberty. Travelers on the new underground railroad include women bound to Chinese men who purchased them as brides, defectors carrying state secrets, and POWs from the Korean War held captive in the North for more than half a century. Their conductors are brokers who are in it for the money as well as Christians who are in it to serve God. The Christians see their mission as the liberation of North Korea one person at a time. Just as escaped slaves from the American South educated Americans about the evils of slavery, the North Korean fugitives are informing the world about the secretive country they fled. Escape from North Korea describes how they also are sowing the seeds for change within North Korea itself. Once they reach sanctuary, the escapees channel news back to those they left behind. In doing so, they are helping to open their information-starved homeland, exposing their countrymen to liberal ideas, and laying the intellectual groundwork for the transformation of the totalitarian regime that keeps their fellow citizens in chains.

Author : Chol-hwan Kang
Publisher : Basic Books (AZ)
ISBN 13 : 0465011047
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Aquariums of Pyongyang written by Chol-hwan Kang and published by Basic Books (AZ). This book was released on 2005-08-24 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part horror story, part historical document, part memoir, part political tract, one man's suffering gives eyewitness proof to an ongoing sorrowful chapter of modern history.