UNBROKEN SPIRITS by Suh Sung, Jean Inglis (Trans), James B. Palais (Foreword) ( 9780742501225 )

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Title:

UNBROKEN SPIRITS
NINETEEN YEARS IN SOUTH KOREA'S GULAG

By:

Suh Sung, Jean Inglis (Trans), James B. Palais (Foreword)

Format:

Paperback

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£38.00

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£34.20

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ISBN 10:

0742501221

ISBN 13:

9780742501225

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Publisher:

ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD

Pub. date:

1 July, 2001

Series:

Asian Voices

Pages:

240

Description:

This is the memoir of a South Korean dissident who was unjustly accused of spying for the North Koreans and jailed for 19 years as a political prisoner. It traces Suh Sung's experiences as a Korean citizen of Japan before his incarceration, his time in prison, and his subsequent release.

Synopsis:

This is the remarkable and wrenching memoir of a South Korean dissident who was unjustly accused of spying for the North Koreans and jailed for nineteen years as a political prisoner. The updated English-language edition traces Suh Sung's experiences as a Korean citizen of Japan before his incarceration, his time in prison, and his subsequent release. Readers will be moved and awed by Suh's courage under torture and solitary confinement. This memoir is an invaluable document for all concerned about human rights and a moving testimony to one man's incredible determination.

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bibliography, index

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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