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Friend by Paek Nam-nyong review – a bestseller from North Korea

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Article: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/06/friend-by-paek-nam-nyong-review-a-bestseller-from-north-korea
Journal: Guardian
Issued Date: May 06, 2020
Page: -
Language: English(English)
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
City: -
Book: Friend
Writer: Baek Namyong
Translator: Immanuel Kim

About the Author

Baek Namyong
Birth : - ~ Unknown
Occupation : Writer
First Name : Namyong
Family Name : Baek
Korean Name : 백남룡
ISNI : 000000002732775X
Works : 2

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English(English)

Exploring love, marriage and divorce, and later adapted for TV, Friend became a bestseller when it was published in 1988 in North Korea. It is now the first state-sanctioned novel available to English readers. Novels are wildly popular in North Korea, but the translations that reach us tend to be by dissidents or defectors. Paek Nam-nyong, a household name in the DPRK, is neither.

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