{"product_id":"a-river-in-darkness-1","title":"A River In Darkness","description":"\u003ch3 class=\"AllEditionsItem-workTitle\"\u003eA River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from Nort...\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"AllEditionsItem-workAuthor\"\u003eBy\u003cspan\u003e Masaji Ishikawa \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"AllEditionsItem-workAuthor\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"AllEditionsItem-details\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"AllEditionsItem-overview-container\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bold\"\u003eEdition Description\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebestseller and Amazon Charts Most Read and Most Sold book.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Goodreads Choice Award nominee for Memoir \u0026amp; Autobiography.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe harrowing true story of one man's life in--and subsequent escape from--North Korea, one of the world's most brutal totalitarian regimes.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHalf-Korean, half-Japanese, Masaji Ishikawa has spent his whole life feeling like a man without a country. This feeling only deepened when his family moved from Japan to North Korea when Ishikawa was just thirteen years old, and unwittingly became members of the lowest social caste. His father, himself a Korean national, was lured to the new Communist country by promises of abundant work, education for his children, and a higher station in society. But the reality of their new life was far from utopian.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this memoir translated from the original Japanese, Ishikawa candidly recounts his tumultuous upbringing and the brutal thirty-six years he spent living under a crushing totalitarian regime, as well as the challenges he faced repatriating to Japan after barely escaping North Korea with his life.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA River in Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis not only a shocking portrait of life inside the country but a testament to the dignity--and indomitable nature--of the human spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"AllEditionsItem-details\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"AllEditionsItem-details-title\"\u003eEdition Details\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"AllEditionsItem-details-item\"\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"AllEditionsItem-details-item\"\u003eLanguage: English\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"AllEditionsItem-details-item\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"AllEditionsItem-details-item-details\"\u003eISBN:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"AllEditionsItem-details-item-details\"\u003e1542047196\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"AllEditionsItem-details-item\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"AllEditionsItem-details-item-details\"\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"AllEditionsItem-details-item-details\"\u003e9781542047197\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"AllEditionsItem-details-item\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"AllEditionsItem-details-item-details\"\u003eRelease Date: June\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"AllEditionsItem-details-item-details\"\u003e 2018\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"AllEditionsItem-details-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"AllEditionsItem-details-item-details\"\u003ePublisher: Amazon Crossing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"AllEditionsItem-details-item\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"AllEditionsItem-details-item-details\"\u003eLength:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"AllEditionsItem-details-item-details\"\u003e172 Pages\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"AllEditionsItem-details-item\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"AllEditionsItem-details-item-details\"\u003eWeight:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"AllEditionsItem-details-item-details\"\u003e0.75 lbs.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"AllEditionsItem-details-item\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"AllEditionsItem-details-item-details\"\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"AllEditionsItem-details-item-details\"\u003e0.5\" x 5.4\" x 8.2\"\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"El Paso's Thrift BookStore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67566533509197,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/3854\/8813\/files\/ARiverinDarkness.jpg?v=1790967836","url":"https:\/\/eptbookstore.com\/products\/a-river-in-darkness-1","provider":"El Paso's Thrift Bookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}