The Sun Tyrant
by J. P. Floru | Travel | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 1785902210 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 1785902210 Global Overview for this book
Registered by awaywithfairies of Sydney CBD, New South Wales Australia on 3/29/2020
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Journal Entry 1 by awaywithfairies from Sydney CBD, New South Wales Australia on Sunday, March 29, 2020
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When Londoner J.P. Floru tags along with three friends running the marathon in Pyongyang, little could have prepared him for what he witnessed.
Shown by two minders what the regime wants them to see during their nine-day trip, the group is astounded when witnessing people bowing to their leaders' statues; being told not to take photos of the leaders' feet; and hearing the hushed reverence with which people recite the history invented by the regime to keep itself in power.
Often, the group did not understand what they were seeing: from the empty five-lane motorway to the missing fifth floor of their Yanggakdo Hotel on an island in the Pudong River; many answers only came through extensive research of the few sources that exist about this hermit country.
Shocking and scary, The Sun Tyrant uncovers the oddities and tragedies at the heart of the world's most secretive regime, and shows what happens when a population is reduced to near-slavery in the twenty-first century.
Bought at the Liverpool City Library book sale.
When Londoner J.P. Floru tags along with three friends running the marathon in Pyongyang, little could have prepared him for what he witnessed.
Shown by two minders what the regime wants them to see during their nine-day trip, the group is astounded when witnessing people bowing to their leaders' statues; being told not to take photos of the leaders' feet; and hearing the hushed reverence with which people recite the history invented by the regime to keep itself in power.
Often, the group did not understand what they were seeing: from the empty five-lane motorway to the missing fifth floor of their Yanggakdo Hotel on an island in the Pudong River; many answers only came through extensive research of the few sources that exist about this hermit country.
Shocking and scary, The Sun Tyrant uncovers the oddities and tragedies at the heart of the world's most secretive regime, and shows what happens when a population is reduced to near-slavery in the twenty-first century.
Bought at the Liverpool City Library book sale.
Journal Entry 2 by awaywithfairies at Smart Kids Early Learning Street Library in Green Valley, New South Wales Australia on Monday, March 30, 2020
Released 3 yrs ago (3/30/2020 UTC) at Smart Kids Early Learning Street Library in Green Valley, New South Wales Australia
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Left at the Street Library.
Release #43 for the 2020 4 Elements Challenge.
Release #73 for the 2020 Places We Can Go Challenge.
Release #43 for the 2020 4 Elements Challenge.
Release #73 for the 2020 Places We Can Go Challenge.