The Resource The boy who escaped paradise, J. M. Lee ; translated from the Korean by Chi-Young Kim
The boy who escaped paradise, J. M. Lee ; translated from the Korean by Chi-Young Kim
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The item The boy who escaped paradise, J. M. Lee ; translated from the Korean by Chi-Young Kim represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Vancouver Public Library.
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- Summary
- The body of a former North Korean citizen is found in Queens, N.Y., with mysterious numbers etched in blood around the body, and Gil-Mo, a mathematically gifted immigrant from North Korea, is arrested for the crime. Gil-Mo is unable to remember whether he did the murder, or how he arrived at the crime scene. Although he is reluctant to talk, he opens up to Angela Stowe, a CIA operative posing as the attending nurse. As a child in North Korea, he was a math prodigy before being sent to a prison camp with his father, where he falls in love, uses his mathematical skills to get close to a fearsome warden, and eventually escapes. Lee<U+2019>s novel deals not only with mathematical truths and whether they can be manipulated, but also with the deceptions and connections of languages
- Language
-
- eng
- kor
- eng
- Edition
- First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 278 pages
- Isbn
- 9781681772523
- Label
- The boy who escaped paradise
- Title
- The boy who escaped paradise
- Statement of responsibility
- J. M. Lee ; translated from the Korean by Chi-Young Kim
- Subject
-
- Defectors -- Fiction
- Korea (North) -- Fiction
- Korean fiction
- Koreans -- United States -- Fiction
- Language and languages -- Fiction
- Mathematics -- Fiction
- Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
- Autistic people -- Korea -- Fiction
- Oppression (Psychology) -- Fiction
- Savants (Savant syndrome) -- Fiction
- United States, Central Intelligence Agency -- Officials and employees -- Fiction
- New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
- Crime thrillers
- Language
-
- eng
- kor
- eng
- Summary
- The body of a former North Korean citizen is found in Queens, N.Y., with mysterious numbers etched in blood around the body, and Gil-Mo, a mathematically gifted immigrant from North Korea, is arrested for the crime. Gil-Mo is unable to remember whether he did the murder, or how he arrived at the crime scene. Although he is reluctant to talk, he opens up to Angela Stowe, a CIA operative posing as the attending nurse. As a child in North Korea, he was a math prodigy before being sent to a prison camp with his father, where he falls in love, uses his mathematical skills to get close to a fearsome warden, and eventually escapes. Lee<U+2019>s novel deals not only with mathematical truths and whether they can be manipulated, but also with the deceptions and connections of languages
- Cataloging source
- YDXCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Yi, Chŏng-myŏng
- Dewey number
- 895.73/5
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Language note
- Translated from the Korean. Original title unavailable
- LC call number
- PL994.9.C46
- LC item number
- B69 2016
- Literary form
- novels
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- United States
- Autistic people
- Defectors
- Koreans
- Language and languages
- Mathematics
- Murder
- Oppression (Psychology)
- Savants (Savant syndrome)
- Korea (North)
- New York (N.Y.)
- Label
- The boy who escaped paradise, J. M. Lee ; translated from the Korean by Chi-Young Kim
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [277]-278)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 278 pages
- Isbn
- 9781681772523
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- ocn940362391
- (OCoLC)940362391
- Label
- The boy who escaped paradise, J. M. Lee ; translated from the Korean by Chi-Young Kim
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [277]-278)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 278 pages
- Isbn
- 9781681772523
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- ocn940362391
- (OCoLC)940362391
Subject
- Defectors -- Fiction
- Korea (North) -- Fiction
- Korean fiction
- Koreans -- United States -- Fiction
- Language and languages -- Fiction
- Mathematics -- Fiction
- Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
- Autistic people -- Korea -- Fiction
- Oppression (Psychology) -- Fiction
- Savants (Savant syndrome) -- Fiction
- United States, Central Intelligence Agency -- Officials and employees -- Fiction
- New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
- Crime thrillers
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