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The girl with seven names : a North Korean defector's story / Hyeonseo Lee.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lee, Hyeonseo, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lee, Hyeonseo.
- Defectors--Korea (North)--Biography.
- Defectors.
- Social conditions.
- Korea (North)--Social conditions--20th century.
- Korea (North).
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : William Collins, 2015.
- Contents:
- Part 1 The Greatest Nation on Earth
- 1 A train through the mountains 3
- 2 The city at the edge of the world 11
- 3 The eyes on the wall 16
- 4 The lady in black 21
- 5 The man beneath the bridge 27
- 6 The red shoes 31
- 7 Boomtown 39
- 8 The secret photograph 44
- 9 To be a good communist 48
- 10 'Rocky island' 54
- 11 'The house is cursed' 57
- 12 Tragedy at the bridge 61
- 13 Sunlight on dark water 65
- 14 'The great heart has stopped beating' 71
- 15 Girlfriend of a hoodlum 75
- 16 'By the time you read this, the five of us will no longer exist in this world' 79
- 17 The lights of Changbai 88
- 18 Over the ice 93
- Part 2 To the Heart of the Dragon
- 19 A Visit to Mr Ahn 101
- 20 Home truths 105
- 21 The suitor 111
- 22 The wedding trap 117
- 23 Shenyang girl 123
- 24 Guilt call 128
- 25 The men from the South 133
- 26 Interrogation 137
- 27 The plan 142
- 28 The gang 146
- 29 The comfort of moonlight 150
- 30 The biggest, brashest city in Asia 155
- 31 Career woman 160
- 32 A connection to Hyesan 166
- 33 The teddy-bear conversations 173
- 34 The tormenting of Min-ho 177
- 35 The love shock 183
- 36 Destination Seoul 189
- Part 3 Journey into Darkness
- 37 'Welcome to Korea' 197
- 38 The women 202
- 39 House of Unity 208
- 40 The learning race 212
- 41 Waiting-for 2012 220
- 42 A place of ghosts and wild dogs 224
- 43 An impossible dilemma 228
- 44 Journey into night 236
- 45 Under a vast Asian sky 241
- 46 Lost in Laos 250
- 47 Whatever it takes 254
- 48 The kindness of strangers 259
- 49 Shuttle diplomacy 267
- 50 Long wait for freedom 274
- 51 A series of small miracles 277
- 52 'I am prepared to die' 281
- 53 The beauty of a free mind 286.
- Other Format:
- ebook version
- ISBN:
- 9780007554836
- 0007554834
- OCLC:
- 914353665
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