Prison Writings by Kim Dae Jung

E-298: University of California Press. Very Good. 1987. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by University of California Press, Berkeley, CA. 1987. Xi, 333 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Kim, a leading symbol of democratic opposition in South Korea, was condemned to death in 1980, accused of plotting rebellion. During five months of solitary confinement, followed by a year under an indeterminate sentence, he was allowed only to write to his family, once a month. Amid heart-rending expressions of regret for the trouble his political activities have caused them, he seeks to continue educating his sons by discussing the books he is reading, which include several by Toynbee ("my intellectual mentor"). Although he… Read More

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1987. Hardcover. 333p. hardcover, very good in dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to Clement John (of the World Council of Churches) in 1991. Laid in are two color photographs of the recipient, Clement John, at an event together with other figures unknown to your humble cataloger. Kim Dae Jung had run for the Presidency of South Korea in 1971 against the US-backed dictator Park Chung-Hee. After spending time in prison for his activism, he was elected President of South Korea from 1998-2003 and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2000.