Ever wondered how life in North Korea is like? Wonder no more as we bring to you, Jia, a novel of North Korea and its writer, Hyejin Kim. Come join us as she shares her unique experience of meeting the North Koreans and writing a book regarding them.
Date: 21 July (Weds)
Time: 6.30pm
Venue: The POD, 16th Floor, National Library Building
About the Book, Jia
Jia, an orphaned young woman and talented dancer, lives in an isolated mining village. Sent there as a punishment after her father was taken away by the police for questioning the government in his classroom, Jia must now leave the village to search for her own future. The novel follws her journey as she makes her way to Pyongyang, and then to Shenyang in northeast China. Along the way, she finds love, friends, endures abuse and kidnap and survive in a new culture.
About the Author, Hyejin Kim
A writer amd education consultant currently residing in Singapore, Hyejin Kim has written two books in Korean and Jia, A Novel of North Horea, her first book for an English-speaking audience. She’s also the Korean editor of Global Voices, an award-winning website founded at Harvard University and has written for several publications, including Asia Times and OhmyNews.com. In addition, she is a voice actor and sometime-lecturer.
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