Adam Johnson

Citizens of our beloved Democratic Republic of North Korea! Imagine the life of an orphan boy from nowhere who is plucked from his orphanage by the military, to be trained as a tunnel assassin, a kidnapper, a spy.He has no father but the State, no sweetheart but Sun Moon, the greatest opera star who ever lived, whose face is tattooed on his chest.Imagine he lives in our very own country, a model of exemplary Communism. A nation that is the envy of the world, especially the Americans. Where the only human stories people need to hear are those blasting out of loudspeakers to the glory of our dear Leader, Kim Jong il.Citizens! Who is this individual? What is his story? Who will remember him?Pak Jun Do is his name: wrestler of sharks, envoy to Texan barbecues, imposter extraordinaire, whose murderous biography has only come to light through the talents and stamina of our most patriotic interrogators. Dry your eyes now, comrades! This is the double-life story of a hero and martyr: the Greatest North Korean Love Story Ever Told.THE ORPHAN MASTER'S SON is an iconoclastic work of fiction, part thriller, part coming-of-age story, part love story. Dark, playful and genre-defying, its searing depiction of one man's epic journey through the surrealist brutality of North Korea shines a fierce light on the essence of the human condition. Warning: Any resemblance to real people and events may not be entirely coincidental

Part bildungsroman, part political thriller, part exposé of the most secretive country in the world, this is the story of a North Korean orphan who rises up through the ranks of the DPRK army as a tunnel soldier, a professional kidnapper, and a military intelligence officer, ultimately to become--for a very short time--a rival to the Dear Leader, Kim Jong-il. Yet it is also a love story--as one character in the novel claims, "the greatest North Korean love story ever told." After reading it, you'll never look at a map of the Korean peninsula the same way.

Jun Do grandit bercé par la propagande nord-coréenne. Soldat modèle, il exécute sans ciller les ordres du terrible leader Kim Jong-il. Mais sous les cieux du « royaume ermite », la disgrâce est auss

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION 2015. By the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner of THE ORPHAN MASTER'S SON - for fans of international literary fiction, especially Hanya Yanigahara, Jonathan Franzen and Anthony Doerr. "Unputdownable is an overused word, but at their best these stories are completely gripping." (Sunday Times). "Ironic, witty, super-intelligent". (The Times). Adam Johnson takes you into the minds of characters you never thought you would meet - a former Stasi prison warden in denial of his past, a refugee from North Korea unsettled by his new freedom, a UPS driver in hurricane-torn Louisiana looking for the mother of his son. These are tales of love and loss, natural disasters, the influence of technology, and how the political shapes the personal. Tender, wry, utterly compelling, they show us humanity where you might least expect it.

By the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner of THE ORPHAN MASTER''S SON - for fans of international literary fiction, especially Hanya Yanigahara, Jonathan Franzen and Karen Jay Fowler.SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2015Adam Johnson takes you into the minds of characters you never thought you would meet a former Stasi prison warden in denial of his past, a refugee from North Korea unsettled by his new freedom, a UPS driver in hurricane-torn Louisiana looking for the mother of his son.These are tales of love and loss, natural disasters, the influence of technology, and how the political shapes the personal. Tender, wry, utterly compelling, they show us humanity where you might least expect it.

Empori és un panorama excepcional de la condició humana. Els personatges d''Adam Johnson, en l''abisme de la solitud i l''abandonament, busquen el seu espai en una societat urbana paranoica i agressiva. Encallats en l''enyor de l''adolescencia, escindits per la incertesa i el desig de revolta, la vida es per a ells un trencaclosques sense solucio aparent. La prosa d''Adam Johnson es provocativa, divertida i intel·ligent, una construccio literaria de primer nivell. Ens proposa un univers aparentment marginal, inquietant, que segurament no es troba gaire lluny del nostre. Tenim a les mans un creador agosarat en el paisatge literari nordamerica, comparat per la critica amb J. D. Salinger i Kurt Vonnegut per la seva ironia desbordant, per la seva tecnica magistral. [narratives 18]

"You know you are in the hands of someone who can tell a story ...fantastic". (Zadie Smith). Pak Jun Do knows he is special. He knows he must be the son of the master of the orphanage, not some kid dumped by his parents - it was obvious from the way his father singled him out for beatings. He knows he is special when he is picked as a spy and kidnapper for his country, the glorious Democratic Republic of North Korea. He knows he must find his true love, Sun Moon, the greatest opera star who ever lived, before it's too late. He knows he's not like the other prisoners in the camp. He's going to get out soon. Definitely.

Jun Do vive en un orfanato y se considera un humilde ciudadano «del mejor país del mundo». A los catorce años es reclutado por el ejército norcoreano como soldado de túneles, y va ascendiendo al serv

PREMIO PULITZER 2013. THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLERJun Do vive en un orfanato y se considera un humilde ciudadano «del mejor país del mundo». A los catorce años es reclutado por el ejército norcorea

Magistral colección de relatos ganadora del National Book Award 2015. Adam Johnson vuelve a las librerías tras ganar el Premio Pulitzer en 2013 por El huérfano. Inteligentes e irreales, cómicas y o

PREMIO PULITZER 2013. THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLERJun Do vive en un orfanato y se considera un humilde ciudadano «del mejor país del mundo». A los catorce años es reclutado por el ejército norcorea

Magistral colección de relatos ganadora del National Book Award 2015. Adam Johnson vuelve a las librerías tras ganar el Premio Pulitzer en 2013 por El huérfano.Inteligentes e irreales, cómicas y oscuras, hilarantes a la vez que desgarradoras: las seis historias magistrales que conforman el nuevo libro de Adam Johnson suponen un paso mas hacia su consolidacion como uno de los escritores mas originales de la actualidad. Yo fui amigo de George Orwell ofrece al lector puntos de vista inusuales sobre problemas universales y nuevas formas de asomarse al mundo: Johnson se vale de la ficcion para profundizar en temas como el amor y la perdida, los desastres naturales, la influencia de la tecnologia o como lo politico da forma a lo personal.