The Best American Nonrequired Reading #2006
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free"Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea" is a powerful, intimate story from the 2006 edition of The Best American Nonrequired Reading, written by Gipi and Kim Thompson and illustrated by Gipi with inks and lettering by Paul Baresh. Told with quiet precision, it follows Gil as he takes his nephew to visit Valerio, a man recently released from prison after years behind bars for a violent act born of extreme injustice.
Gil takes his nephew Andrea to meet Valerio, recently released after years in prison for stabbing a police officer who had repeatedly abused him. As the three navigate the uneasy space between past trauma and uncertain present, the weight of memory and the quiet tension of reunion settle over their meeting.
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↩ Reprints Wish You Were Here #1 (2005), Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea #[nn] (2005), The Guardian Weekend Magazine #1/21/2006 (2006)
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