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Columbia University Press wishes to express its appreciation for assistance given by the Pushkin Fund in the publication of this book.

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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Cover image: Pyongyang, North Korea. Panos Pictures © Noriko Hayashi

Cover design: Chang Jae Lee