While Time Remains: A North Korean Defector’s Search for Freedom in America

 
　　逃離北韓後，朴研美一度在美國找到了自由，但當她嘗試表達自己所想，卻在這個看似包容所有聲音的國度中，感受到無形的壓迫，讓她回想起她冒著生命危險，也要逃出的獨裁國家。尤其是當她公開表示自己在美國觀察到大量政治思想灌輸的現象，她因此受到言論審查，甚至死亡威脅。
 
　　在本書中，朴研美點出美國社會中的偽善行為，以及假借覺醒文化或社會正義之名的專制思想等危機，希望藉由自身經歷帶給她的獨特視角，與對維護自由的渴望，提醒人們：自由是如此脆弱，需要我們付出努力去捍衛。(文/博客來編譯)

After defecting from North Korea, Yeonmi Park found liberty and freedom in America. But she also found a chilling crackdown on self-expression and thought that reminded her of the brutal regime she risked her life to escape. When she spoke out about the mass political indoctrination she saw around her in the United States, Park faced censorship and even death threats. In While Time Remains, Park highlights the dangerous hypocrisies, mob tactics, and authoritarian tendencies that speak in the name of wokeness and social justice. No one is spared in her eye-opening account, including the elites who claim to care for the poor and working classes but turn their backs on anyone who dares to think independently. Park arrived in America eight years ago with no preconceptions, no political aims, and no partisan agenda. With urgency and unique insight, the bestselling author and human rights activist reminds us of the fragility of freedom, and what we must do to preserve it.

Yeonmi Park is a North Korean defector and human rights activist. She escaped the brutal Kim dictatorship as a teenager only to fall victim to sex trafficking in China, before escaping to South Korea by walking across the Gobi Desert. Eventually making her way to America, where she is now a citizen, Park has dedicated her life to bringing attention to the horrors and atrocities taking place in her home country and in China. Park is also the author of the international bestseller In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl’s Journey to Freedom. She is a graduate of Columbia University and lives in New York City.