MARCH 2019
Dongwoo Yim Rafael Luna
North Korean Atlas
DAMDI Publishing House, 2014
Exceptionally delivered to our subscribers as a sold-out, rare title of Korean storage stock
DEAR FRIEND OF 8 BOOKS A YEAR,
Some German sayings are quite idiosyncratic. One goes like this: “Ausnahmen bestätigen die Regel.” The English equivalent is similar in this case: “The exception proves the rule.” The question is: How many exceptions can any rule bear before it topples – and before the exceptions turn out to be the new standard? A pretty political topic indeed, since over the recent years politics have become the playground where exceptions were once a rare and sensitive thing, but now seem to drive the whole circus. Two men who both love the exceptions and the circus – and even more actively stage themselves as spectacular exceptions – are Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un. The latter, born in 1984, has been serving as “Supreme Leader” since 2011. Compared to other nations, North Korea itself is a gigantic exception to what we’d refer to as “normal”. However, most of us likely wouldn’t be any more familiar with other similarly sized countries. In order to close this gap and because of its current relevance, I’ve decided to make some exceptions, too: 1) I usually try not to send 2 books with similar topics too close to each other. Since the last book you got from us was about Tokyo, one could say we’re focusing too much on Asia now ... but please judge for yourself. 2) Normally we send out new, untouched books. This amazing atlas about North Korea was sold out and is therefore a so-called “rare” title. Nonetheless, we managed to find just enough copies for all of our subscribers. They have all traveled around the globe already. Let’s travel back there together now, by reading.
All my best,
Christian Kaspar Schwarm
Dongwoo Yim Rafael Luna
North Korean Atlas
DAMDI Publishing House, 2014
Exceptionally delivered to our subscribers as a sold-out, rare title of Korean storage stock
Read InscriptionDEAR FRIEND OF 8 BOOKS A YEAR,
Some German sayings are quite idiosyncratic. One goes like this: “Ausnahmen bestätigen die Regel.” The English equivalent is similar in this case: “The exception proves the rule.” The question is: How many exceptions can any rule bear before it topples – and before the exceptions turn out to be the new standard? A pretty political topic indeed, since over the recent years politics have become the playground where exceptions were once a rare and sensitive thing, but now seem to drive the whole circus. Two men who both love the exceptions and the circus – and even more actively stage themselves as spectacular exceptions – are Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un. The latter, born in 1984, has been serving as “Supreme Leader” since 2011. Compared to other nations, North Korea itself is a gigantic exception to what we’d refer to as “normal”. However, most of us likely wouldn’t be any more familiar with other similarly sized countries. In order to close this gap and because of its current relevance, I’ve decided to make some exceptions, too: 1) I usually try not to send 2 books with similar topics too close to each other. Since the last book you got from us was about Tokyo, one could say we’re focusing too much on Asia now ... but please judge for yourself. 2) Normally we send out new, untouched books. This amazing atlas about North Korea was sold out and is therefore a so-called “rare” title. Nonetheless, we managed to find just enough copies for all of our subscribers. They have all traveled around the globe already. Let’s travel back there together now, by reading.
All my best,
Christian Kaspar Schwarm
