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A Thousand Miles to Freedom

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A Thousand Miles to Freedom: My Escape from North Korea
First edition (French)
AuthorEunsun Kim
Sébastien Falletti
Audio read byEmily Woo Zeller
Original titleCorée du Nord: 9 ans pour fuir l'enfer
TranslatorDavid Tian
LanguageEnglish
SubjectNorth Korea
PublisherMichel Lafon Publishing
St. Martin's Press
Publication date
2012
Published in English
21 July 2015
Pages240
ISBN978-1250064646

A Thousand Miles to Freedom: My Escape from North Korea (French: Corée du Nord: 9 ans pour fuir l'enfer, Korean열한 살의 유서) is a 2012 memoir by Eunsun Kim, with Sébastien Falletti. It was translated into English by David Tian in 2015.[1]

The English-language version was first released on 21 July 2015 and was available on Amazon, at Barnes and Nobles, and many other bookstores. Immediately upon release, it was ranked #1 in several categories on Amazon, including New Releases, South Korean History, and others.[2]

The book was originally written in French, and subsequently translated to Norwegian and Korean. David Tian translated the book from French to English, not from Korean to English, as many media outlets have assumed.[3]

Eunsun Kim, whose story the memoir recounts, says that there were parts of her life that remain a little difficult to talk about, and hence she left them out of her memoir.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Sherryl Connelly (11 July 2015). "Book details family's dangerous escape from North Korea". NY Daily News. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  2. ^ Kim, Eunsun; Falletti, Sébastien (21 July 2015). A Thousand Miles to Freedom: My Escape from North Korea. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-1250064646.
  3. ^ "Madeline Roberts's review of A Thousand Miles to Freedom". www.goodreads.com.
  4. ^ "Opening up about North Korean defection - NK News - North Korea News". NK News. 11 September 2015.