See You Again in Pyongyang - by Travis Jeppesen (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>A "close-up look at the cloistered country" (<em>USA Today</em>), <em>See You Again in Pyongyang</em> is American writer Travis Jeppesen's "probing" and "artful" (<em>New York Times Book Review</em>) chronicle of his travels in North Korea--an eye-opening portrait that goes behind the headlines about Trump and Kim, revealing North Koreans' "entrepreneurial spirit, and hidden love of foreign media, as well as their dreams and fears" (<em>Los Angeles Times</em>).</strong><br /> <br /> In <em>See You Again in Pyongyang</em>, Travis Jeppesen culls from his experiences traveling and studying in North Korea to create a multifaceted portrait of the country and its idiosyncratic capital city. Jeppesen challenges the notion that Pyongyang is merely a "showcase capital" where everything is staged for the benefit of foreigners, as well as the idea that Pyongyangites are brainwashed robots. Jeppesen introduces readers to an array of fascinating North Koreans, from government ministers with a side hustle in black market Western products to young people enamored with American pop culture. Revealing a complex society, rife with contradictions, <em>See You Again in Pyongyang</em> is an essential addition to the literature about one of the world's most fascinating places.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"<i>See You Again in Pyongyang</i> dramatizes a meeting point between an intellect with a passion for getting lost in other cities and landscapes, and an environment that by its very design forbids such a sensibility from ever gaining foothold. What ensues is not a polemic, but rather a romance of antitheses. Jeppesen ultimately accepts this lack of resolution, processing his relationship with the country through a combination of memoir, historical background, and the bringing to light of others' stories that our own ideologically biased media seldom care to find for themselves."--<b><i>Los Angeles Review of Books</b></i><br><br>"[Jeppesen] knows how to talk about art, and he comes alive in his granular analyses of what he dubs 'Norkore' propaganda music and regime-approved 'Norkorealist' painting.... He captures [North Koreans'] entrepreneurial spirit, and hidden love of foreign media, as well as their dreams and their fears.... What makes <i>See You Again in Pyongyang </i>worth reading is the tension between the bold explorer and the impenetrable country, the feeling of frustration in the face of lies and exclusion and petrified resistance."--<b><i>Los Angeles Times</b></i><br><br>"A moving memoir of the first American to study at a university in North Korea and an eye-opening clarification of the U.S.'s role in Korean history."--<b><i>Ben Shields, Paris Review</b></i><br><br>"A probing look ... inside Kim Jong Un's North Korea... Striking ... Jeppesen gives us a direct glimpse of North Korea's psychological techniques at work.... Artful... An up-close and vivid account."--<b><i>New York Times Book Review</b></i><br><br>"Offers...thought-provoking first-hand insights into daily life in North Korea, deconstructing fallacies around a number of our stereotypes about that enigmatic hermit nation at the same time as it exposes their social constructions about us.... <i>See You Again in Pyongyang </i>is important reading for its timeliness at a critical juncture in U.S. negotiations with North Korea about denuclearization."--<b><i>New York Journal of Books</b></i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Travis Jeppesen</b> is the author of three novels, two volumes of poetry, a stage play, and a collection of art criticism. His critical writings on art, film, and literature have appeared in <i>Artforum, Afterall, The Believer, Art in America, Flash Art, New York Press, Bookforum</i>, and <i>Zoo Magazine</i>. He is the recipient of a 2013 Arts Writers Grant from Creative Capital/the Warhol Foundation, and his text-based visual art has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions and was featured in the 2014 Whitney Biennial.
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