Sungju Lee Bücher

Every Falling Star, the first book to portray contemporary North Korea to a young audience, is the intense memoir of a North Korean boy named Sungju who was forced at age twelve to live on the streets and fend for himself. To survive, Sungju creates a gang and lives by thieving, fighting, begging, and stealing rides on cargo trains. Sungju richly recreates his scabrous story, depicting what it was like for a boy alone to create a new family with his gang, "his brothers," to daily be hungry and to fear arrest, imprisonment, and even execution. This riveting memoir allows young readers to learn about other cultures where freedoms they take for granted do not exist.

Every Falling Star, the first book to portray contemporary North Korea to a young audience, is the intense memoir of a North Korean boy named Sungju who is forced at age twelve to live on the streets and fend for himself. To survive, Sungju creates a gang and lives by thieving, fighting, begging, and stealing rides on cargo trains. Sungju richly re-creates his scabrous story, depicting what it was like for a boy alone to create a new family with his gang, his "brothers"; to be hungry and to fear arrest, imprisonment, and even execution. This riveting memoir allows young readers to learn about other cultures where freedoms they take for granted do not exist.

Skutečný příběh mého přežití a útěku ze Severní Koreje S každou padající hvězdou je hutně podaná autobiografie severokorejského chlapce jménem Sungdžu, který se ve dvanácti letech musel naučit žít na ulici a postarat se o sebe. Aby vůbec přežil, vytvořil s několika dalšími dětmi gang, naučil se krást, prát se i žebrat. Sungdžu barvitě líčí svůj drsný příběh a popisuje, jaké to je, když si nedospělý kluk musí najednou vystačit se skupinkou „bratrů“ z ulice, hladovět a prožívat strach z věznění nebo i popravy. Naděje je často to jediné, čeho se dá držet. Tyto poutavé vzpomínky rozkrývají čtenáři odlišnou kulturu, kde mnohé z toho, co považujeme za samozřejmé, vůbec neexistuje. Severní Korea jako reálná a děsivá dystopie.