북한 사회를 탁월하게 표현한 소설!

애덤 존슨의 소설 『고아원 원장의 아들』. 퓰리처상 역사상 북한 문제를 다룬 첫 소설로 북한이라는 수수께끼 같은 왕국을 엿볼 수 있는 창문을 열어젖혔을 뿐 아니라, 사랑과 희생의 진정한 의미까지 파헤친 작품이다. 낯선 장소에서 벌어지는 부조리함과 잔학무도함까지 능수능란하게 풀어내며 믿기 힘든 현실을 믿을 수 있는 허구로 바꿔놓은 훌륭한 작품이라는 평을 받았다.

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'You know you are in the hands of someone who can tell a story ... fantastic' ZADIE SMITH
'Excavates the very meaning of life' New York Times

The award-winning and New York Times bestselling novel: a surreal, picaresque and utterly brutal life journey of a young orphan in North Korea.

Pak Jun Do knows he is special. He knows he must be the son of the master of the orphanage, not some kid dumped by his parents – it was obvious from the way his father singled him out for beatings.

He knows he is special when he is picked as a spy and kidnapper for his country, the glorious Democratic Republic of North Korea.

He knows he must find his true love, Sun Moon, the greatest opera star who ever lived, before it’s too late.

He knows he’s not like the other prisoners in the camp.

He’s going to get out soon.

Definitely

'An addictive novel of daring ingenuity' DAVID MITCHELL