I would definitely recommend this book to my readers especially those who love memoirs, who enjoy political reads and are interested in non-fiction. It is a one-of-a-kind memoir that documents the brutal life of a North Korean. He then talks at length about how he came to reside in North Korea and the many tortures, atrocities and extreme poverty that he lived in there.įinally, he traces his escape from North Korea to the safe haven of Japan. The author documents his early life as a child when he used to live in Japan. It is essentially a memoir which talks about the life journey of Masaji Ishikawa who is one of the very few lucky people to have escaped the hell hole that is North Korea. Read on to know about my thoughts on the book. It was a sad and eye-opening read for me one that I would definitely urge every book lover to read. These are Palestine by Joe Sacco, Being Reshma by Reshma Qureshi and A River in Darkness by Masaji Ishikawa.Ī River in Darkness is a book that left me wondering about the madness that this world is still full of. To make up for the loss and also because I really was in a mood for the genre, I picked up a lot of non-fiction books in December.Īmongst the many that I read three were my absolute favourites and worth a mention here. Unfortunately, though, I did not read even single non-fiction. November is supposed to be the month that one reads non-fiction.
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