The boy who escaped paradise a novel
A "story of the mysteries, truths, and deceptions that follow the odyssey of Ahn Gilmo, a young math savant, as he escapes from the most isolated country in the world and searches for the only family he has left"--Amazon.com.
| Main Author: | Yi, Chŏng-myŏng, (Novelist) (Author) |
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| Other Authors: | Kim, Chi-Young (Translator) |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English Korean |
| Published: |
New York :
Pegasus Books,
2016.
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| Edition: | First Pegasus Books hardcover edition. |
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| Summary: |
A "story of the mysteries, truths, and deceptions that follow the odyssey of Ahn Gilmo, a young math savant, as he escapes from the most isolated country in the world and searches for the only family he has left"--Amazon.com. An unidentified body is discovered in New York City, with numbers and symbols are written in blood near the corpse. Ahn Gilmo, a North Korean national who interprets the world through numbers, formulas, and mathematical theories, is arrested on the spot. Previously incarcerated in a Korean political prison because his father was a secret Christian, Gilmo must now use his peculiar gifts to navigate the criminal world as he searches for the only family he has left. Angela, a CIA operative, is assigned to gain his trust and access his unique thought-process. |
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| Physical Description: |
278 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| ISBN: |
1681772523 9781681772523 |
| Author Notes: |
Chi-Young Kim is the celebrated translator of the Man Asian Literary Prize-winning international bestseller Please Look After Mom. |