Bandi
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(eng) Bandi is the pseudonym of a samizdat writer living in North Korea. The name translates to English as 'Firefly'.
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- Bandi is the pseudonym of a samizdat writer living in North Korea. The name translates to English as 'Firefly'.
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They tell the story of ordinary people from every social class, who live with the daily risk of political ruin from an unguarded remark, gesture or action. The status of these people is determined by the political correctness of their ancestors, their living relatives. A fall from grace means exile, hard labour, or worse.
Citizens do not only have to behave correctly, they have to be seen to do so. Parks and mountainsides were despoiled following Kim-il-Sung's death in 2014 as people were required to leave flowers commemorating the dictator's demise morning, noon and night, and faced ruin for not doing so.
One man fails to obtain the necessary travel permit to visit his dying mother. Another is banished from his family to work long hours developing a soybean farm, and is indicted for anti-revolutionary crimes when the crop fails. It's even a crime if your small son bursts into tears at the sight of those ubiquitous giant posters of Stalin and Kim-il-Sung.
The style of writing is rough, jagged, raw. This book is written by a man in the grip of powerful emotion. It's not a comfortable read. But it is enlightening.
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