A Century’s Journey

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With the Century is the autobiography of Kim Il-Sung, founder and former president of North Korea. The memoirs, written in 1992 and published in eight volumes, retell KimÕs life story through his childhood to the time of Korean resistance. Initially, a total of 30 volumes were planned but Kim Il-Sung died in 1994 after just six volumes; the seventh and eight volumes were published posthumously. The work reveals early influences of religious and literary ideas on KimÕs thinking. An important part of North Korean literature, With the Century is held as a valuable if unreliable insight into the nationÕs modern history under late colonial Korea. Part One is on The Anti-Japanese Revolution.

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