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Avesta Publishing House 2022

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Kaunitz-Olsson Förlag 2021

Bebådaren – Gabriele D'Annunzio och fascismens födelse

Albert Bonniers Förlag 2017

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Konstfack Collection 2016

All Monsters Must Die

House of Anansi 2015

Yezidier – en resseessä

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Hirviöidenkin on kuoltava: Ryhmämatka Pohjois-Koreaan

Tammi Publishing 2014

Alla monster måste dö

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Art Monitor 2010

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2005 - Bokförlaget DN

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2004 - Published by Konstfack

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2001 - Bokförlaget DN

Magnus Bärtås

2000 - Publisher: Gävle Konstcentrum

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KINK 1998

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Uppsala Konstmuseum 1997

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1996

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1993 - Self published

Bo

1990 - Arton A Gallery

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All Monsters Must Die

House of Anansi 2015

About this book
All Monsters Must Die
An Excursion to North Korea
Magnus Bärtås • Fredrik Ekman • Saskia Vogel (translation)

Presentation by House of Anansi Publishing:

In 1948, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is founded by General Kim Il-sung.

In 1978, North Korea celebrates the thirtieth anniversary of its founding, and Kim Jong-il, who at the time is the head of the Propaganda and Agitation Department, orders the kidnapping of the greatest South Korean movie star, the actress Madame Choi, and her ex-husband, the famous film director Shin Sang-ok.

In 2008, North Korea celebrates its sixtieth anniversary, and Magnus Bärtås and Fredrik Ekman take a bizarre, heavily guided tour to the world’s most isolated country.

In All Monster Must Die, authors Magnus Bärtås and Fredrik Ekman weave together these three stories to create a mosaic of North Korea, past and present: from the Japanese occupation to the demarcation of the border at the 38th parallel and the Korean War, the development of North Korean Juche ideology, the establishment of the Kim dynasty’s cult of personality, and the aggressive manufacturing of political propaganda, which motivated the kidnapping of South Korea’s most famous film couple. Intelligent and shocking, this book offers a rare and fascinating window into the “hermit kingdom,” and includes an updated chapter on the passing of Kim Jong-il and the declaration of his son, Kim Jong-un, as supreme leader.

See also:

"All Monsters Must Die – Gojira’s children go to North Korea" in
Cabinet Magazine, Issue 35

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