{"product_id":"aquariums-of-pyongyang","title":"Aquariums of Pyongyang","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'I beseech you to read this account'\u003cb\u003e -\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eChristopher Hitchens\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA magnificent, harrowing testimony to the voiceless victims of North Korea.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKang Chol-Hwan is the first survivor of a North Korean concentration  camp to escape the 'hermit kingdom' and tell his story to the world.  This memoir reveals the human suffering in his camp, with its forced  labour, frequent public executions and near-starvation rations. Kang  eventually escaped to South Korea via China to give testimony to the  hardships and atrocities that constitute the lives of the thousands of  people still detained in the gulags today. Part horror story, part  historical document, part memoir, part political tract, this story of  one young man's personal suffering finally gives eye-witness proof to  this neglected chapter of modern history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54221349749080,"sku":"9781843544999","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781843544999.jpg?v=1777046460","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/aquariums-of-pyongyang","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}