The Orphan Master's Son is a 2012 novel by American author Adam Johnson. It deals with intertwined themes of propaganda, identity and state power in North Korea. It is an epic novel and a thrilling literary discovery, which follows a young man’s journey through the icy waters, dark tunnels, and eerie spy chambers of the world’s most mysterious dictatorship, North Korea.
The Orphan Master's Son
Product Info
Hardcover: 443 pages
Publisher: Random House (10 January 2012)
Language: English
Genre: Fiction
Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.9 x 8 inchesEditors' Review
Part breathless thriller, part story of innocence lost, part story of romantic love, The Orphan Master's Son is also a riveting portrait of a world heretofore hidden from view: a North Korea rife with hunger, corruption, and casual cruelty but also camaraderie, stolen moments of beauty, and love. A towering literary achievement, The Orphan Master's Son ushers Adam Johnson into the small group of today's greatest writers.
Author
Adam Johnson
Johnson was born in South Dakota and raised in Arizona. He earned a BA in Journalism from Arizona State University in 1992; an MFA from the writing program at McNeese State University in 1996; and a PhD in English from Florida State University in 2000. Johnson is currently a San Francisco writer and associate professor in creative writing at Stanford University. He founded the Stanford Graphic Novel Project and was named "one of the nation's most influential and imaginative college professors" by Playboy Magazine.
Winning Awards
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2013)
California Book Award Gold Medal for Fiction (2012)
Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Fiction (2013)
The Rooster - The Morning News Tournament of Books (2013)
