Título: North Korea Journal
Autor: Michael Palin
Sinopse: In this beautifully illustrated journal based on a TV documentary, writer, comedian and world traveller Michael Palin journeys to North Korea, offering a glimpse of life inside the world's most secretive country, uncovering surprises and making friends along the way. In May 2018, former Monty Python stalwart and intrepid globetrotter Michael Palin ventured into the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, camera crew in tow, to gain a glimpse of life in the most notoriously secretive and cut-off nation on earth. His resulting two-part documentary for Channel 5 fascinated millions and won universal plaudits. Now he shares the journal he meticulously kept during his trip, in which he describes his experiences in a country wholly unlike any other he has ever visited: a country where you will find the Tallest Unoccupied Building in the World; where the residents of Pyongyang awake every morning to the strains of 'Where Are You, Dear General?', broadcast from speakers across the city; and where there are fifteen approved styles of haircut. He chronicles a journey of stark contrasts that takes in a gleamingly modern capital complete with triumphal statues and arches one day, and a countryside that has barely changed in decades on another. He travels to the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone, to a centuries-old Confucian academy, and to the heart of North Korea's exquisitely beautiful mountains and lakes. He recounts conversations with official guides, teachers, propaganda artists, farmers and soldiers in which mutual incomprehension and shared humanity are constantly intermingled. And he muses on what makes people tick under a regime that to outsiders seems so utterly alien and so grimly authoritarian. Written with Palin's trademark warmth and wit, and illustrated with beautiful colour photographs throughout, Palin's journal offers a rare insight into the North Korea behind the headlines.
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “North Korea Journal”, de Michael Palin, publicado pela editora Random House Canada, em 2019 e com 176 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: Random House Canada
Páginas: 176
Ano: 2019
Edição: Illustrated
Linguagem: pt_BR
ISBN: 9780735279827
ISBN13: 9780735279827
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Random House Canada apresentam uma leitura que transita entre o profundo e o acessível, mesclando narrativas que exploram desde dilemas pessoais até grandes questões sociais e históricas. O catálogo sugere uma diversidade que vai do suspense internacional ambientado em cenários reais, como a Segunda Guerra Mundial e o Ártico, até fantasias sombrias e romances com intrigas políticas e conflitos emocionais intensos. A linguagem varia do humor sutil e da ironia à reflexão séria, com ritmo que ora acelera em thrillers, ora desacelera em relatos e memórias detalhadas. Essa variedade permite ao leitor encontrar tanto obras mais narrativas e imersivas quanto textos informativos e ensaísticos, sempre com um olhar cuidadoso para a complexidade humana e cultural.
