On a sad day in America, let's turn our focus instead to the newest Pulitzer Prize winner- the first in two years. (Remember that there was no winner last year.)
The Orphan Master's Son
What it's about :
Well, an orphan, as you can imagine. Pak Jun Do is a parentless kid in North Korea who grows up in an orphanage and eventually goes to work for the state, as a kidnapper (!) and fishing boat signal operator. For unknown reasons, Jun Do eventually assumes the identity of a North Korean national hero and is assigned to a highly risky, dangerous assignment by Kim Jong II.
Who wrote it:
45-year old, South Dakota-born Adam Johnson. Johnson earned his PhD in English from Florida State in 2000. He is currently an associate professor in English at Stanford University. Johnson had previously written the novel Parasites Like Us (2003), the 2002 short story collection Emporium, and numerous other stories that have been published, in among other periodicals, Esquire, Harper's Weekly, The Missouri Review, and The Paris Review.
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