A River in Darkness

Date Read: February 28

Author: Masaji Ishikawa

Genre: Nonfiction

Rating: 5/5

Masaji Ishikawa was born in Japan to a Japanese mother and a Korean father. When he was thirteen, his family moved to North Korea. In his memoir, translated from Japanese, Ishikawa tells the story of his life and the thirty-six years he spent struggling to live in North Korea. The book is very well-written, and it would be impossible to read the book without being moved by Ishikawa’s life.

If you suffer long enough, it almost becomes funny, and you can find yourself laughing at the most miserable situations.

– A River in Darkness