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
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[...]
"You know you are in the hands of someone who can tell a story ...fantastic". (Zadie Smith). 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 [...]
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[...]
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[...]
After trashing his cherry '72 Corvette, illegally breaking into an ancient burial site, and snacking on 12,000-year-old popcorn, Hank Hannah finds that he's inadvertently unleashed the apocalypse.[...]
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[...]
En eventyrlig roman og et rystende portrett av Nord-Korea. Vinner av Pulitzerprisen for skjønnlitteratur 2013.Pak Jun Do pines av savnet etter moren sin - en anerkjent sangerinne som er blitt hentet til Pyongyang - og en fraværende, men innflytelsesrik far som driver en arbeidsleir for foreldrelø[...]
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[...]
In one of its previous books, the EMES European Research Network traced the most significant developments in 'social entrepreneurship' emerging inside the third sector in Europe. Building upon that seminal work, this volume presents the results of an extensive research project carried out over a fou[...]
Introducing Bayesian methods, this book emphasizes that the primary role of statistics is to provide appropriate tools for addressing scientific questions. As such, the authors present a collaborative approach to data analysis involving both scientists and statisticians that can be used to model unk[...]