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North Korea journal / Michael Palin.

by Palin, Michael.

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Random House Canada, 2019.

951.93052 P162n

Palin, Michael -- Travel -- Korea (North)

British -- Korea (North) -- Diaries.

Korea (North) -- Description and travel.

Korea (North) -- History.

9780735279827 (hc.)

170 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 23 cm.

"In May 2018, former Monty Python stalwart and intrepid globetrotter Michael Palin spent two weeks in the notoriously secretive Democratic People's Republic of Korea, a cut-off land without internet or phone signal, where the countryside has barely moved beyond a centuries-old peasant economy but where the cities have gleaming skyscrapers and luxurious underground train stations. His resulting documentary was widely acclaimed. Now he shares his day-by-day diary of his visit, in which he describes not only what he saw--and his fleeting views of what the authorities didn't want him to see--but recounts the conversations he had with the country's inhabitants, talks candidly about his encounters with officialdom, and records his musings about a land wholly unlike any other he has ever visited--one that inspires fascination and fear in equal measure. Written with Palin's trademark warmth and wit, and illustrated with beautiful colour photographs throughout, the journal offers a rare insight into the North Korea behind the headlines."--From publisher.

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