WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE
In this epic, critically acclaimed tour de force, Adam Johnson
provides a riveting portrait of a world rife with hunger,
corruption, and casual cruelty but also camaraderie, stolen moments
of beauty, and love.
NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST - DAYTON LITERARY PEACE
PRIZE WINNER - LONGLISTED FOR THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION'S
ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL - WINNER OF THE CALIFORNIA BOOK AWARD FOR
FICTION - "NEW YORK TIMES" BESTSELLER
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
"The New Yorker - The Washington Post - "Stephen King,
"Entertainment Weekly - The Wall Street Journal - Los Angeles Times
- San Francisco Chronicle - Financial Times - Newsweek"/The Daily
Beast" - The Plain Dealer - St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel -" Scott Turow, "The Millions - "Slate - Salon -
"BookPage - "Shelf Awareness
"The single best work of fiction published this year] . . . The
book's cunning, flair and pathos are testaments to the
still-formidable power of the written word."--"The Wall Street
Journal
"
Pak Jun Do is the haunted son of a lost mother--a singer "stolen"
to Pyongyang--and an influential father who runs a work camp for
orphans. Superiors in the state soon recognize the boy's loyalty
and keen instincts. Considering himself "a humble citizen of the
greatest nation in the world," Jun Do rises in the ranks. He
becomes a professional kidnapper who must navigate the shifting
rules, arbitrary violence, and baffling demands of his Korean
overlords in order to stay alive. Driven to the absolute limit of
what any human being could endure, he boldly takes on the
treacherous role of rival to Kim Jong Il in an attempt to save the
woman he loves, Sun Moon, a legendary actress "so pure, she didn't
know what starving people looked like."
Praise for "The Orphan Master's Son"
"An exquisitely crafted novel that carries the reader on an
adventuresome journey into the depths of totalitarian North Korea
and into the most intimate spaces of the human heart."--Pulitzer
Prize citation
"A daring and remarkable novel."--Michiko Kakutani, "The New York
Times"
"Gripping . . . Deftly blending adventure, surreal comedy and
"Casablanca"-style romance, the novel takes readers on a jolting
ride through an Orwellian landscape of dubious identity and
dangerous doublespeak."--"San Jose Mercury News
"
"This is a novel worth getting excited about. . . . Adam Johnson
has taken the papier-mache creation that is North Korea and turned
it into a real and riveting place that readers will find
unforgettable."--"The Washington Post
"
" A] brilliant and timely novel."--"The Wall Street Journal
"
"Remarkable and heartbreaking . . . To the] very short list of
exceptional novels that also serve a humanitarian purpose "The
Orphan Master's Son" must now be added."--"The New Republic
"
"A triumph of imagination . . . Grade: ] A."--"Entertainment
Weekly
"
"A spellbinding saga of subverted identity and an irrepressible
love."--"Vogue
"
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