“Adam
Johnson has pulled off literary alchemy, first by setting his novel in
North Korea, a country that few of us can imagine, then by producing
such compelling characters, whose lives unfold at breakneck speed. I was
engrossed right to the amazing conclusion. The result is pure gold, a
terrific novel.” Abraham Verghese, author of Cutting for Stone
“An
addictive novel of daring ingenuity, a study of sacrifice and freedom
in a citizen-eating dynasty, and a timely reminder that anonymous
victims of oppression are also human beings who love--The Orphan
Master’s Son is a brave and impressive book.” David Mitchell, author of The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
Adam
Johnson teaches creative writing at Stanford University. His fiction
has appeared in Esquire, The Paris Review, Harper’s, Tin House, Granta,
and Playboy, as well as The Best American Short Stories. His other works
include Emporium, a short-story collection, and the novel Parasites
Like Us. He lives in San Francisco.
“Adam
Johnson has pulled off literary alchemy, first by setting his novel in
North Korea, a country that few of us can imagine, then by producing
such compelling characters, whose lives unfold at breakneck speed. I was
engrossed right to the amazing conclusion. The result is pure gold, a
terrific novel.”
