| Description |
170 pages : colour illustrations, colour map, colour portraits ; 23 cm |
| Summary |
A glimpse of life inside the world's most secretive country, as told by Britain's best-loved travel writer. 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 for Channel 5 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 |
| Notes |
Signed copy |
| Subject |
Palin, Michael, 1943- -- Travel -- Korea (North)
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Palin, Michael -- Travel -- Korea (North)
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Palin, Michael -- Travel -- Korea (North)
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| SUBJECT |
Korea (North) -- Social life and customs
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Korea (North) -- Civilization
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Korea (North) -- Description and travel
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| Genre/Form |
Diaries.
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Reading nook.
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| LC no. |
be2019034390 |
| ISBN |
9781786331908 |
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178633190X |
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