All Monsters Must Die (häftad)
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Format
Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
288
Utgivningsdatum
2016-02-25
Förlag
House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada
Översättare
Saskia Vogel
Dimensioner
213 x 140 x 20 mm
Vikt
409 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9781770898806

All Monsters Must Die

An Excursion to North Korea

av Magnus Brts, Fredrik Ekman
Häftad,  Engelska, 2016-02-25
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In 1948, the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea is founded by General Kim Il-sung. In 1978, North Korea celebrates the thirtieth anniversary of its founding, and Kim Jong-il, who at the time is the head of the Propaganda and Agitation Department, orders the kidnapping of the greatest South Korean movie star, the actress Madame Choi, and her ex-husband, the famous film director Shin Sang-ok. In 2008, North Korea celebrates its sixtieth anniversary, and Magnus Brts and Fredrik Ekman take a bizarre, heavily guided tour to the worlds most isolated country. In All Monster Must Die, authors Magnus Brts and Fredrik Ekman weave together these three stories to create a mosaic of North Korea, past and present: from the Japanese occupation to the demarcation of the border at the 38th parallel and the Korean War, the development of North Korean Juche ideology, the establishment of the Kim dynastys cult of personality, and the aggressive manufacturing of political propaganda, which motivated the kidnapping of South Koreas most famous film couple. Intelligent and shocking, this book offers a rare and fascinating window into the hermit kingdom, and includes an updated chapter on the passing of Kim Jong-il and the declaration of his son, Kim Jong-un, as supreme leader.
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Both a gruesome and humorous tale of freedom and oppression. * Svenska Dagbladet * A clear and troubling picture of a country forced to embrace madness. * Kirkus *

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MAGNUS BRTS teaches at the University College of Arts and Crafts in Stockholm and has also published an anthology about the borderland between literature and the visual arts. He is also a filmmaker, photographer, and visual artist. FREDRIK EKMAN is a writer, librettist, and editor based in Stockholm. His musical works have toured across Europe. SASKIA VOGEL is a Swedish translator. Her translations include Kim Novak Never Swam in Lake Genesaret by Hkan Nesser (World Editions, 2015), Who Cooked Adam Smiths Dinner? By Katrine Kielos (Portobello Books, 2015). She is also the Swedish series editor and translator for Readux Books and a former publicist at Granta Books. She lives in California.

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