{"product_id":"my-friend-kim-jong-un","title":"My Friend Kim Jong Un","description":"\u003cp\u003eAwardWinning Cartoonist Keum Suk GendryKim Demystifies The Inscrutable North Korean Leadera Woman Falls Over A Thin Black Line, Slicing Her In TwoHalf Becoming North Korea, The Other Half Becoming South. From The Island Of Ganghwa, A Seemingly Idyllic Rural Paradise Just An Hour Outside Of Seoul, North Korea Sits Mere Miles Away, Visible From Cartoonist Keum Suk GendryKimS Home And Studio. It Looms Over Her While She Walks Her Dogs Through The Rice Paddies. Artillery Fire, Helicopters, And Sirens From A Nearby Military Base Paint Her Acoustic Landscape. GendryKim Has Written Extensively About The Pain And Heartbreak Experienced Throughout KoreaS Recent History In Her AwardWinning Books Grass And The Waiting. In My Friend Kim JongUn, GendryKim Looks Not To The Past, But To The PresentTo The Man Currently Responsible For Upholding The National Divide.Retracing His Rise To Power And Uncovering His Human Side, GendryKim Explores The Life Of The Supreme Leader Of The Democratic PeopleS Republic Of Korea: From His Birth To His International Education, His Tastes And Hobbies, And His Relationships. GendryKim Weaves Her Personal Accounts From This Process Throughout The Book, In Her Signature Approach To Personal Nonfiction By Including Interviews With Former South Korean President Moon JaeIn, North Korean Defectors, Researchers, Journalists, KimS Former Chef, And A Friend From His Boarding School Days In Switzerland.My Friend Kim JongUn Carries A Message Of Peace And Attempts To Make Sense Of An Awful Chapter In Korean History. Translated By The AwardWinning Canadian Janet Hong, My Friend Is A Cautionary Tale And Education On What Makes A Dictator, At A Time When These Lessons Are More Relevant In The West Than Ever.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Drawn \u0026 Quarterly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47953707892981,"sku":"DADAX1770468226","price":33.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/5804\/8501\/files\/81V1wk3PmVL.jpg?v=1775498069","url":"https:\/\/ergodebooks.com\/products\/my-friend-kim-jong-un","provider":"Ergodebooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}