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This publication has been supported by the Richard W. Weatherhead Publication Fund of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University.
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Names: Paek Nam-nyong, author. | Kim, Immanuel, translator.
Title: Friend: a novel from North Korea / Nam-nyong Paek, translated by Immanuel Kim.
Other titles: Pŏt. English
Description: New York: Columbia University Press, [2020] | Series: Weatherhead books on Asia
Identifiers: LCCN 2019037295 (print) | LCCN 2019037296 (ebook) | ISBN 9780231195607 (cloth) | ISBN 9780231195614 (paperback) | ISBN 9780231551403 (ebook)
Classification: LCC PL992.613.N37 P6813 2020 (print) | LCC PL992.613.N37 (ebook) | DDC 895.73/4—dc23
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