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No Happy Endings

Escape from North Korea, the world’s most repressive regime

By Achy Obejas

There is no happy ending in Jia (Cleis Press), Hyejin Kim’s grim novel about North Korea, no final scene of freedom, no hint about what might happen in a future without the Great Leader; there isn’t even the usual scrap of hope that even the bleakest novels about survivors from totalitarian regimes frequently offer. Based on stories Kim heard when… return to article

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