具体描述
For the first time, Kenneth Bae tells the full story surrounding his arrest and imprisonment in North Korea.
Not Forgotten is a modern story of intrigue, suspense, and heart. Driven by his passion to help the people of North Korea, Bae moves to neighboring China to lead guided tours into the secretive nation. Six years later, after eighteen successful excursions in and out of the country, Ken is suddenly stopped at the border: he inadvertently brought his hard drive, that reveals the true nature of his visits, to customs. He is arrested, brought to Pyongyang for further questioning, and sentenced to fifteen years of hard labor. His crime? Attempting to overthrow the North Korean government. He may never see his family again.
Back in America, family and friends rally support by establishing a website and creating a petition for Ken’s release. Soon, major media outlets decry Ken’s unjust imprisonment, bringing needed attention that culminates in President Obama’s call for prayer on behalf of Ken at the 2014 National Prayer Breakfast. Meanwhile, Ken grapples with his new, solitary reality as a captive of one of the world’s most brutal governments.
From the first harrowing moments of his ordeal to his release—and even today—Ken never wavers in his love for the North Korean people, even his captors. Not Forgotten is both a compelling narrative of one man’s dedication to serving the less fortunate and a modern testament of a missionary forced to rely solely on the God who sent him into dangerous territory. Readers will marvel at the rare, firsthand tour of life inside the most shrouded country on the planet, meeting its people, experiencing their daily lives, taking in the landscape, and encountering the tyranny of a totalitarian regime. With its combined spiritual and secular appeal, this never-before-told story is sure to captivate and inspire readers of all ages.
作者简介
Kenneth Bae was born in Seoul, Korea on August 1, 1968. His family immigrated to the United States in 1985. Kenneth went to high school in California and attended the University of Oregon and Covenant Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri. He held multiple jobs in sales and marketing until he moved to China in 2006. After years of managing his cultural-exchange business and missionary work, he transitioned into travel and tourism industry in 2010 planning trips for the DPRK (North Korea). Kenneth had a passion to introduce westerners to the untainted beauty of the landscape and people of North Korea and was excited to contribute to their economic development. He is a licensed preacher in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), an ordained Southern Baptist pastor, and has been working with Youth With A Mission (YWAM) since 2005. Kenneth is a husband and a father of three children, ages eighteen to twenty-five.
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这本书给我的整体感觉非常深邃，它不是那种读完之后就能立刻抛诸脑后的快餐式读物，而是会在你的脑海中留下持久的余韵。作者在处理那些宏大而又个体化的议题时，展现出了惊人的成熟和洞察力。我能够感受到字里行间弥漫着一种淡淡的忧伤，但这种忧伤并非令人窒息，反而有一种治愈人心的力量。它让你意识到，无论经历过怎样的失落与遗憾，生命中总有那些不曾被遗忘的温暖和希望。我特别被打动的是书中关于“和解”的探讨，无论是与他人，还是与自己，那种艰难却又必不可少的释然过程，被刻画得淋漓尽致。这本书就像一面镜子，照出了我内心深处那些不曾被正视的角落，也让我看到了改变和前进的可能性。它让我相信，即使在最黑暗的时刻，只要我们不放弃，总会找到属于自己的光。
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这本书的书名真是太吸引人了，“Not Forgotten”，光是这几个字就勾起了我内心深处很多关于遗忘与铭记的思考。翻开书页，我首先被它独特的叙事风格所吸引，作者似乎有一种魔力，能够将那些沉寂在时光深处的片段，用一种近乎呢喃的语调娓娓道来。我尤其喜欢其中关于童年回忆的描写，那些模糊却又真实触感的细节，仿佛把我带回了那个无忧无虑的年纪，阳光穿过树叶洒下的斑驳光影，夏日午后空气中弥漫的青草香，以及那些早已模糊的面孔，都在作者的笔下重新鲜活起来。这种细腻的情感刻画，让我忍不住停下来，一遍又一遍地咀嚼，生怕错过了任何一丝情感的流露。我总觉得，这本书不仅仅是在讲述一个故事，更是在邀请我一同回溯，一同感受那些被岁月洗礼过的珍贵情感。它让我开始审视自己生命中那些被遗忘的角落，那些曾经重要却渐渐淡去的瞬间，是否真的已经消逝，还是以另一种方式，悄然地融入了我的生命轨迹。这种内省的体验，是很多作品难以给予的。
“Not Forgotten”的文字本身就具有一种独特的韵味，读起来不像是在阅读，更像是在品味一首悠长而富有哲思的诗歌。作者的语言风格非常考究，用词精准而富有画面感，每一句话都仿佛经过了精心的雕琢。我尤其喜欢那些描绘自然景色的段落，无论是黎明时分静谧的湖面，还是黄昏时分染红天际的云霞，都跃然纸上，让人身临其境。更难得的是，作者能在描绘景色的同时，融入深刻的情感和哲学思考，让文字不仅仅是视觉的呈现，更是心灵的触动。我常常会因为一句话，一个意象，而陷入沉思，反思生命中那些细微却又重要的意义。这本书给我带来的不仅仅是故事的消遣，更是一种精神上的滋养。它让我重新审视了“遗忘”这个概念，它并非全然的虚无，而是在某种程度上，也承载着另一种形式的“存在”。这种辩证的思考方式，让我在阅读的同时，也获得了思想上的启迪。
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