The "remarkable" ("The New Yorker") debut story collection by the author of "The Orphan Master's Son," winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction
An ATF raid, a moonshot gone wrong, a busload of female cancer victims determined to live life to the fullest--these are the compelling terrains Ad[...]

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE
An epic novel and a thrilling literary discovery, "The Orphan Master's Son" follows a young man's journey through the icy waters, dark tunnels, and eerie spy chambers of the world's most mysterious dictatorship, North Korea.
NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FIN[...]

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE
NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST - LONGLISTED FOR THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION'S ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL - WINNER OF THE CALIFORNIA BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION - "NEW YORK TIMES" BESTSELLER
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
"The Washington Pos[...]

Citizens of our beloved Democratic Republic of North Korea! Imagine the life of an orphan boy plucked from nowhere to be trained as a tunnel assassin, a kidnapper, a spy. He has no father but the State, no sweetheart but Sun Moon, the greatest opera star who ever lived, whose face is tattooed on his[...]

"Mr. Johnson has written a daring and remarkable novel, a novel that not only opens a frightening window on the mysterious kingdom of North Korea, but one that also excavates the very meaning of love and sacrifice." - Michiko Kakutani, "The New York Times""RIch with a sense of discovery...The year i[...]

By the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2013 and the EFG/Sunday Times Best Short Story Award 2014. "An idiosyncratic and compelling voice." (Michiko Kakutani, New York Times). An ATF raid, a moonshot gone wrong, a busload of female cancer victims determined to live life to the fullest - thes[...]

Der findes formentlig kun ganske få, som ikke er interesseret i, hvordan det må være at leve i Nordkorea. Kun ganske lidt information slipper ud, og det, der kommer ud, er kun med til at forstærke vores opfattelse af Nordkorea som et land i dybt armod og med en tyrannisk excentrisk leder[...]