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“People ridiculed me. 'What on each are you doing?' they asked. 'Why are you working so hard?' They didn't understand that driving that tractor was the only freedom I had, my only respite from the orders and insults that assaulted us day in and day out. So no, I wasn't crazy. Work was my only refuge. And I just enjoyed driving that tractor.”

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Book:A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea
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A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea

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