El huérfano

Paperback, 624 pages

Published Oct. 6, 2015 by Booket.

ISBN:
978-84-322-2502-4
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4 stars (34 reviews)

The Orphan Master's Son is a 2012 novel by American author Adam Johnson. It deals with intertwined themes of propaganda, identity, and state power in North Korea. The novel was awarded the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

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Review of "The Orphan Master's Son" on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

This story was like a sneak attack on me; it took me awhile to get into it, but it eventually became more urgent, until I had to stay up too late to finish, to know what would become of this amazing character who was denied the most basic knowledge and humanity. He was never even given his real name.

"A name isn't a person,' Ga said. 'Don't ever remember someone by their name. To keep someone alive, you put them inside you, you put their face on your heart. Then, no matter where you are, they're always with you because they're a part of you.”

And now, I would like to watch Cassablanca again...


One really should not know too much about this story before beginning--let is do its own work!



Review of "The Orphan Master's Son" on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

This was a very good book but not an easy book to read. It is a book about loyalty and suffering. It is about the stories that make up a life, the stories that ultimately define us whether they're true or not. Set in North Korea, it is hard to come to terms with what at first seems like hyperbole, the sinking feeling that comes with the suspicion that maybe things really are that bad. It's about the human need for connection and love, and the ultimate sacrifice one can make for another.

reviewed The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson (Random House Reader's Circle)

Review of "The Orphan Master's Son" on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

This book is amazing. The story is heartbreaking, but for a moment I want to talk about the structure of the book.

Adam Johnson shows he's a master formalist as well as a storyteller, and I could study what he's done here for a long time without fully understanding it. The first half of the book is a straightforward third-person novel. In between the first and second halves, something happens that shatters the protagonist's sense of self. He's not mentally ill, but he is different, and the boundaries he once knew are no longer there. At the same time, the book's second half is no longer a straightforward third-person novel, but is told from several different perspectives, some literal, some hallucinatory. The perspective of another character, and even of the state itself (CITIZENS!) is included in this second half. It is the perfect match between psychological state and literary form. …

Review of "The Orphan Master's Son" on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Al zou maar de helft op de waarheid gebaseerd zijn, dan nog is het Noord Korea van Adam Johnson het meest dystopische land waar over ik gelezen heb en lijkt zo uit de boeken van o.a. Orwell en Atwood of Kafka gegrepen te zijn. Helaas schijnt het voor de Noord Koreanen al jaren lang de bittere werkelijkheid te zijn. Je kan je haast niet voorstellen dat het er werkelijk zo aan toe gaat, maar Adam Johnson lijkt gedegen research te hebben gedaan, door zowel met dissidenten gesproken te hebben als op studiereis naar Noord Korea te zijn gegaan

Maar ja, het zou natuurlijk ook simpelweg Amerikaans imperialistische propaganda kunnen zijn, met als doel The Democratic People's Republic of Korea en zijn Dierbare Leider te vernietigen!

En dit geeft aan hoe het verhaal opgebouwd is. Er wordt uit drie oogpunten verteld : Er is, zoals hierboven, de staatsversie, die uit alle …

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