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Orphan Master's Son : A Novel by Adam Johnson (2012, Hardcover)

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THE ORPHAN MASTER'S SON. Praise forThe Orphan Master’s Son. Winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. “Remarkable and heartbreaking. . To [the] very short list of exceptional novels that also serve a humanitarian purposeThe Orphan Master’s Son must now be added.”.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherRandom House Publishing Group

ISBN-100812992792

ISBN-139780812992793

eBay Product ID (ePID)128566277

Product Key Features

Book TitleOrphan Master's Son : a Novel

Number of Pages464 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicThrillers / Suspense, Thrillers / General, General, Literary

Publication Year2012

GenreFiction

AuthorAdam Johnson

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight27.4 Oz

Item Length9.6 in

Item Width6.7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2011-013410

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsPRAISE FOR ADAM JOHNSON Emporium "Impossible to forget . . . Adam Johnson unleashes a big, thrilling, and fully realized talent."-Jennifer Egan, Pulitzer Prizewinning author of A Visit from the Goon Squad "Remarkable . . . Johnson's heroes are isolated and alienated, but are capable of feeling just the right emotion at just the right time." -The New Yorker "Exhibits a fierce talent, showcasing Johnson's quirky humor and slicing insight." -Publishers Weekly Parasites Like Us "[Johnson's] characters are wonderfully weird and charming, and he is so witty a storyteller that this strange novel manages to captivate." -The Washington Post "Teeming with clever conceits, superb turns of phrase, observations as precise as Updike's, and tonal echoes of Vonnegut, Boyle, and George Sanders . . . The author is wise, weird and worth watching." -Seattle Weekly "Brilliance to burn." -The New York Times Book Review From the Hardcover edition., " Adam Johnson has pulled off literary alchemy , first by setting his novel in North Korea, a country that few of us can imagine, then by producing such compelling characters whose lives unfold at breakneck speed. I was engrossed right to the amazing conclusion. The result is pure gold, a terrific novel ." --Abraham Verghese " An addictive novel of daring ingenuity ; a study of sacrifice and freedom in a citizen-eating dynasty; and a timely reminder that anonymous victims of oppression are also human beings who love. A brave and impressive book." -- David Mitchell "I've never read anything like it. This is truly an amazing reading experience , a tremendous accomplishment. I could spend days talking about how much I love this book. It sounds like overstatement, but no. The Orphan Master's Son is a masterpiece ." -- Charles Bock PRAISE FOR ADAM JOHNSON Emporium "Impossible to forget . . . Adam Johnson unleashes a big, thrilling, and fully realized talent."-Jennifer Egan, Pulitzer Prizewinning author of A Visit from the Goon Squad "Remarkable . . . Johnson's heroes are isolated and alienated, but are capable of feeling just the right emotion at just the right time." -The New Yorker "Exhibits a fierce talent, showcasing Johnson's quirky humor and slicing insight." -Publishers Weekly Parasites Like Us "[Johnson's] characters are wonderfully weird and charming, and he is so witty a storyteller that this strange novel manages to captivate." -The Washington Post "Teeming with clever conceits, superb turns of phrase, observations as precise as Updike's, and tonal echoes of Vonnegut, Boyle, and George Sanders . . . The author is wise, weird and worth watching." -Seattle Weekly "Brilliance to burn." -The New York Times Book Review From the Hardcover edition., " Adam Johnson has pulled off literary alchemy , first by setting his novel in North Korea, a country that few of us can imagine, then by producing such compelling characters, whose lives unfold at breakneck speed. I was engrossed right to the amazing conclusion. The result is pure gold, a terrific novel ."-Abraham Verghese, author of Cutting for Stone " An addictive novel of daring ingenuity , a study of sacrifice and freedom in a citizen-eating dynasty, and a timely reminder that anonymous victims of oppression are also human beings who love- The Orphan Master's Son is a brave and impressive book ."-David Mitchell, author of The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet "I've never read anything like it. This is truly an amazing reading experience , a tremendous accomplishment. I could spend days talking about how much I love this book. It sounds like overstatement, but no. The Orphan Master's Son is a masterpiece ."-Charles Bock, author of Beautiful Children " Johnson's novel accomplishes the seemingly impossible : an American writer has masterfully rendered the mysterious world of North Korea with the soul and savvy of a native . . . juxtapos[ing] the vicious atrocities of the regime with the tenderness of beauty, love, and hope."- Publishers Weekl y (starred review) "The Orphan Master's Son is a triumph on every level." - Booklist (starred review) From the Hardcover edition., "Adam Johnson has pulled off literary alchemy, first by setting his novel in North Korea, a country that few of us can imagine, then by producing such compelling characters whose lives unfold at breakneck speed. I was engrossed right to the amazing conclusion. The result is pure gold, a terrific novel." --Abraham Verghese "An addictive novel of daring ingenuity; a study of sacrifice and freedom in a citizen-eating dynasty; and a timely reminder that anonymous victims of oppression are also human beings who love. A brave and impressive book." -- David Mitchell "I've never read anything like it. This is truly an amazing reading experience, a tremendous accomplishment. I could spend days talking about how much I love this book. It sounds like overstatement, but no. The Orphan Master's Son is a masterpiece." -- Charles Bock PRAISE FOR ADAM JOHNSON Emporium "Impossible to forget . . . Adam Johnson unleashes a big, thrilling, and fully realized talent."-Jennifer Egan, Pulitzer Prizewinning author of A Visit from the Goon Squad "Remarkable . . . Johnson's heroes are isolated and alienated, but are capable of feeling just the right emotion at just the right time." -The New Yorker "Exhibits a fierce talent, showcasing Johnson's quirky humor and slicing insight." -Publishers Weekly Parasites Like Us "[Johnson's] characters are wonderfully weird and charming, and he is so witty a storyteller that this strange novel manages to captivate." -The Washington Post "Teeming with clever conceits, superb turns of phrase, observations as precise as Updike's, and tonal echoes of Vonnegut, Boyle, and George Sanders . . . The author is wise, weird and worth watching." -Seattle Weekly "Brilliance to burn." -The New York Times Book Review From the Hardcover edition., " Adam Johnson has pulled off literary alchemy , first by setting his novel in North Korea, a country that few of us can imagine, then by producing such compelling characters, whose lives unfold at breakneck speed. I was engrossed right to the amazing conclusion. The result is pure gold, a terrific novel ."-Abraham Verghese " An addictive novel of daring ingenuity , a study of sacrifice and freedom in a citizen-eating dynasty, and a timely reminder that anonymous victims of oppression are also human beings who love- The Orphan Master's Son is a brave and impressive book ."-David Mitchell "I've never read anything like it. This is truly an amazing reading experience , a tremendous accomplishment. I could spend days talking about how much I love this book. It sounds like overstatement, but no. The Orphan Master's Son is a masterpiece ."-Charles Bock PRAISE FOR ADAM JOHNSON Emporium "Impossible to forget . . . Adam Johnson unleashes a big, thrilling, and fully realized talent."-Jennifer Egan, Pulitzer Prizewinning author of A Visit from the Goon Squad "Remarkable . . . Johnson's heroes are isolated and alienated, but are capable of feeling just the right emotion at just the right time." -The New Yorker "Exhibits a fierce talent, showcasing Johnson's quirky humor and slicing insight." -Publishers Weekly Parasites Like Us "[Johnson's] characters are wonderfully weird and charming, and he is so witty a storyteller that this strange novel manages to captivate." -The Washington Post "Teeming with clever conceits, superb turns of phrase, observations as precise as Updike's, and tonal echoes of Vonnegut, Boyle, and George Sanders . . . The author is wise, weird and worth watching." -Seattle Weekly "Brilliance to burn." -The New York Times Book Review From the Hardcover edition.

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SynopsisThe Pulitzer Prize-winning, New York Times betselling novel of North Korea: an epic journey into the heart of the world's most mysterious dictatorship. "Imagine Charles Dickens paying a visit to Pyongyang, and you see the canvas on which Adam] Johnson is painting here." --The Washington Post Pak Jun Do is the haunted son of a lost mother--a singer "stolen" to Pyongyang--and an influential father who runs a work camp for orphans. Superiors in the North Korean state soon recognize the boy's loyalty and keen instincts. Considering himself "a humble citizen of the greatest nation in the world," Jun Do rises in the ranks. He becomes a professional kidnapper who must navigate the shifting rules, arbitrary violence, and baffling demands of his overlords in order to stay alive. Driven to the absolute limit of what any human being could endure, he boldly takes on the treacherous role of rival to Kim Jong Il in an attempt to save the woman he loves, Sun Moon, a legendary actress "so pure, she didn't know what starving people looked like." Part breathless thriller, part story of innocence lost, part story of romantic love, The Orphan Master's Son is also a riveting portrait of a world heretofore hidden from view: a North Korea rife with hunger, corruption, and casual cruelty but also camaraderie, stolen moments of beauty, and love. FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD - WINNER OF THE DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE Named ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR by more than a dozen publications, including The Washington Post - Entertainment Weekly - The Wall Street Journal - Los Angeles Times - San Francisco Chronicle Praise for The Orphan Master ' s Son "An exquisitely crafted novel that carries the reader on an adventuresome journey into the depths of totalitarian North Korea and into the most intimate spaces of the human heart." --Pulitzer Prize citation "Mr. Johnson has written a daring and remarkable novel, a novel that not only opens a frightening window on the mysterious kingdom of North Korea, but one that also excavates the very meaning of love and sacrifice." --Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "Rich with a sense of discovery . . . The Orphan Master's Son has an early lead on novel of the year]." --The Daily Beast "This is a novel worth getting excited about." -- The Washington Post " A] ripping piece of fiction that is also an astute commentary on the nature of freedom, sacrifice, and glory." -- Elle, The Pulitzer Prize-winning, New York Times betselling novel of North Korea: an epic journey into the heart of the world's most mysterious dictatorship. "Imagine Charles Dickens paying a visit to Pyongyang, and you see the canvas on which [Adam] Johnson is painting here." --The Washington Post Pak Jun Do is the haunted son of a lost mother--a singer "stolen" to Pyongyang--and an influential father who runs a work camp for orphans. Superiors in the North Korean state soon recognize the boy's loyalty and keen instincts. Considering himself "a humble citizen of the greatest nation in the world," Jun Do rises in the ranks. He becomes a professional kidnapper who must navigate the shifting rules, arbitrary violence, and baffling demands of his overlords in order to stay alive. Driven to the absolute limit of what any human being could endure, he boldly takes on the treacherous role of rival to Kim Jong Il in an attempt to save the woman he loves, Sun Moon, a legendary actress "so pure, she didn't know what starving people looked like." Part breathless thriller, part story of innocence lost, part story of romantic love, The Orphan Master's Son is also a riveting portrait of a world heretofore hidden from view: a North Korea rife with hunger, corruption, and casual cruelty but also camaraderie, stolen moments of beauty, and love. FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD * WINNER OF THE DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE Named ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR by more than a dozen publications, including The Washington Post * Entertainment Weekly * The Wall Street Journal * Los Angeles Times * San Francisco Chronicle Praise for The Orphan Master ' s Son "An exquisitely crafted novel that carries the reader on an adventuresome journey into the depths of totalitarian North Korea and into the most intimate spaces of the human heart." --Pulitzer Prize citation "Mr. Johnson has written a daring and remarkable novel, a novel that not only opens a frightening window on the mysterious kingdom of North Korea, but one that also excavates the very meaning of love and sacrifice." --Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "Rich with a sense of discovery . . . The Orphan Master's Son has an early lead on novel of [the year]." --The Daily Beast "This is a novel worth getting excited about." -- The Washington Post "[A] ripping piece of fiction that is also an astute commentary on the nature of freedom, sacrifice, and glory." -- Elle

LC Classification NumberPS3610.O3O76 2011