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25th out of 76 books
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Eyes of the Tailless Animals: Prison Memoirs of a North Korean Women
Paperback, 160 pages
Published
October 1st 1999
by Living Sacrifice Book Co.
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For the most part, this is indeed a worthwhile and heart-wrenching book. It's a true horror story, in every sense of the word. Most of the book is justly spent on the author's experience and had she simply included her belief system as an organic part of the story, I wouldn't have minded. But I guess I wasn't paying close enough attention to notice the old bait and switch tactic often employed by the evangelical press--hook an unsuspecting and fresh audience with a really great martyr story (as...more
Though I only gave this book two stars (my usual rating for books "I'm surprised got published"), I don't want to diminish the author's experiences. The descriptions of the torture she endured at the hands of North Korean officials were haunting, and her story is a good example to illustrate how many innocent people are being tormented under Kim Jong-il's regime. Unfortunately, I am not surprised that this book was published - it is a propaganda text financed by a Christian organization dedicate...more
While a significant portion of the book is spent relating short histories of many individual people the author met while in North Korea's prisons, the overall book is a valuable read. It details torture methods routinely used to force prisoners to sign self-incriminating confessions to cover the misdeeds of their superiors. (None of the thousands of prisoners the author met had actually broken the law, but they had usually gotten in the way of a higher official doing so). The author documents th...more
this is a really eye opener it really touched me she was told she could leave prison to quote " They all looked up at me at once.Their eyes were glowing with heavenly light .I knew their eyes were telling me , " When you get out of prison, be a witness for us. You are not going out just to live a better life. You are going out to tell about the real hell that exists in here." They were begging me to tell about there faith and witness about alll that they were suffering .That is what their eyes r...more
O livro é um relato verídico de uma ex-prisioneira norte coreana, que foi libertada e fugiu para a Coréia do Sul.
A autora narra com detalhes o tratamento dos prisioneiros norte-coreanos, as torturas, as humilhações sofridas.
Fala ainda sobre como são tratados os cristãos nas prisões da Coréia do Norte, como ela conheceu a Cristo e o Ministério que recebeu e vem desempenhando desde então.
A autora narra com detalhes o tratamento dos prisioneiros norte-coreanos, as torturas, as humilhações sofridas.
Fala ainda sobre como são tratados os cristãos nas prisões da Coréia do Norte, como ela conheceu a Cristo e o Ministério que recebeu e vem desempenhando desde então.
Powerful and profound. It makes you face the truths of this world that others pretend do not exist. It makes you want to stand and scream and cry and love and rally.
I was given this book at a LiNK (Liberty in North Korea) event.
Join the fight: http://www.linkglobal.org
I was given this book at a LiNK (Liberty in North Korea) event.
Join the fight: http://www.linkglobal.org
Soon Ok Lee is not a professional writer but this is a riveting account of an innocent person's experience in a North Korean prison. It is graphic and disturbing, but important to read. I recommend it.
Yet another tale of misery, imprisonment, torture, degradation, and eventual escape from North Korea. Just as fascinating as all the others I have read. Almost hard to believe at times.
This book is utterly heart-wrenching. One of the saddest things I've ever read. And to think that these things really go on today in North Korea. I'm so thankful for this brave woman who was able to get out to share the truth. And I pray God will work powerfully in North Korea!!
This book was difficult to read because of the brutality and horror in it, but is was worth reading and I hope I will not be the same or forget what I have read. Life is very fragile and at the same time the human body can endure unimaginable difficulties! Though this book takes place in the 1980s and 1990s, what is written is still happening today in North Korea.
I recommend this book as it will help anyone who reads it to really put their lives into perspective. I also hope that as it is read...more
I recommend this book as it will help anyone who reads it to really put their lives into perspective. I also hope that as it is read...more
Een erg heftig boek! De ' Aquariums van Pyongyang' is al vrij heftig, maar in dit verhaal worden de gruwelijke details nog heftiger beschreven.
Harrowing, but definitely worth reading.
1984 for young adults.
This is a powerful book. It is very graphic, it is not for the faint of heart. I didn't like it as well as "The Hiding Place" or "To Destroy you is no Loss", but her story is no less important. It is especially relevant given the two reporters in the news right now who may be sentenced to a North Korean prison for 10 years.
Nov 10, 2008
Alysha
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5 of 5 stars
Recommended to Alysha by:
A college professor
Shelves:
college
This true account of a woman held captive in a work camp in North Korea is an extremely simple read. I had to read this book for one of my Asian history courses in college and although I'm not a fan of most books forced upon me in school I actually found this book interesting and horrifying.
May 23, 2008
La Petite Américaine
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
People Who Don't Suck
Recommended to La Petite Américaine by:
Amazon
Shelves:
north-korea,
auto-bios-etc
Another important book on North Korea, not so much for the dangers of the country/regime, but the horrors from a human rights point of view.
Nov 10, 2008
Wendie
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5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Everyone
Recommended to Wendie by:
Vera Smith
This was a very inspiring book. You will cry reading this book at times.
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