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The Orphan Master's Son - A Novel (Paperback)

Adam Johnson

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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
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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
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"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
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" A] brilliant and timely novel."--"The Wall Street Journal
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"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
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"A triumph of imagination . . . Grade: ] A."--"Entertainment Weekly
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"A spellbinding saga of subverted identity and an irrepressible love."--"Vogue
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General

Imprint: Random House
Country of origin: United States
Release date: August 2012
First published: August 2012
Authors: Adam Johnson
Dimensions: 204 x 132 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 456
ISBN-13: 978-0-8129-8262-6
Categories: Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Adventure / thriller > General
LSN: 0-8129-8262-2
Barcode: 9780812982626

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