{"id":113003,"date":"2020-04-08T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/?p=113003"},"modified":"2026-02-09T08:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T07:38:10","slug":"resa-i-bockernas-varld-15-boktips-for-soffan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2020\/04\/resa-i-bockernas-varld-15-boktips-for-soffan\/","title":{"rendered":"Travelling in the world of books - 15 book tips for the sofa"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-skribent-helena-bergstrom\">Writer: Helena Bergstr\u00f6m<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the midst of a global virus crisis, you can't travel the world for pleasure, but you can still travel the world of books. We suggest 15 books that will take you around the world, to different continents and eras.<\/p><div class=\"sharethis-buttons\"><div class=\"st-custom-button\" data-network=\"twitter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/twitter.svg\"><span class=\"label\">Tweet<\/span><\/div><div class=\"st-custom-button\" data-network=\"facebook\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/facebook.svg\"><span class=\"label\">Share<\/span><\/div><div class=\"st-custom-button\" data-network=\"linkedin\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/linkedin.svg\"><span class=\"label\">Share<\/span><\/div><div class=\"st-custom-button\" data-network=\"pinterest\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/pinterest.svg\"><span class=\"label\">Pin<\/span><\/div><div class=\"st-custom-button\" data-network=\"reddit\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/reddit.svg\"><span class=\"label\">Share<\/span><\/div><div class=\"st-custom-button\" data-network=\"digg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/digg.svg\"><span class=\"label\">Share<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6ad7b9947e71e\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseprofile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6ad7b9947e71e\" checked aria-label=\"toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2020\/04\/resa-i-bockernas-varld-15-boktips-for-soffan\/#Boktips_for_resedrommare\" >Book tips for travelling dreamers<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2020\/04\/resa-i-bockernas-varld-15-boktips-for-soffan\/#1_Finland_Hagring_38_av_Kjell_Westoo\" >1. Finland: mirage 38 by Kjell West\u00f6\u00f6<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2020\/04\/resa-i-bockernas-varld-15-boktips-for-soffan\/#2_Estland_Utrensning_av_Sofi_Oksanen\" >2. Estonia: Purge of Sofi Oksanen.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2020\/04\/resa-i-bockernas-varld-15-boktips-for-soffan\/#3_Storbritannien_Barnmorskan_i_East_End_av_Jennifer_Worth\" >3: United Kingdom: The Midwife of the East End by Jennifer Worth<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2020\/04\/resa-i-bockernas-varld-15-boktips-for-soffan\/#4_Frankrike_Sarahs_Nyckel_av_Tatiana_de_Rosnay\" >4. France: Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2020\/04\/resa-i-bockernas-varld-15-boktips-for-soffan\/#5_Italien_Stal_av_Silvia_Avallone\" >5. Italy: Steel by Silvia Avallone<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2020\/04\/resa-i-bockernas-varld-15-boktips-for-soffan\/#6_Rumanien_Begrav_mig_staende_av_Isabel_Fonseca\" >6. Romania: Bury me standing up by Isabel Fonseca<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2020\/04\/resa-i-bockernas-varld-15-boktips-for-soffan\/#7_USA_Drommen_av_Harry_Bernstein\" >7. USA: The dream of Harry Bernstein<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2020\/04\/resa-i-bockernas-varld-15-boktips-for-soffan\/#8_Kanada_Kanada_av_Richard_Ford\" >8. Canada: Canada by Richard Ford<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2020\/04\/resa-i-bockernas-varld-15-boktips-for-soffan\/#9_Kuba_Dromhjarta_av_Cecilia_Samartin\" >9. Cuba: Dream Heart by Cecilia Samartin<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2020\/04\/resa-i-bockernas-varld-15-boktips-for-soffan\/#10_Egypten_Yacoubians_hus_av_Alaa_Al-Aswany\" >10. Egypt: House of Yacoubian by Alaa Al-Aswany<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2020\/04\/resa-i-bockernas-varld-15-boktips-for-soffan\/#11_Etiopien_438_dagar_av_Johan_Persson_och_Martin_Schibbye\" >11. Ethiopia: 438 days by Johan Persson and Martin Schibbye<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2020\/04\/resa-i-bockernas-varld-15-boktips-for-soffan\/#12_Bangladesh_Innan_floden_tar_oss_av_Helena_Thorfinn\" >12. Bangladesh: Before the river takes us by Helena Thorfinn<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2020\/04\/resa-i-bockernas-varld-15-boktips-for-soffan\/#13_Nordkorea_Flykten_fran_lager_14_av_Blaine_Harden\" >13. North Korea: Escape from camp 14 by Blaine Harden<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2020\/04\/resa-i-bockernas-varld-15-boktips-for-soffan\/#14_Japan_En_geishas_memoarer_av_Arthus_Golden\" >14. Japan: Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthus Golden<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-16\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2020\/04\/resa-i-bockernas-varld-15-boktips-for-soffan\/#15_Nordpolen_Expeditionen_%E2%80%93_min_karlekshistoria_av_Bea_Uusman\" >15. North Pole: The Expedition - my love story by Bea Uusman<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-17\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2020\/04\/resa-i-bockernas-varld-15-boktips-for-soffan\/#Fler_tips_pa_bocker_som_tar_en_med_ut_i_varlden\" >More ideas for books that take you out into the world?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-18\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2020\/04\/resa-i-bockernas-varld-15-boktips-for-soffan\/#Prenumerera_pa_vart_nyhetsbrev\" >Subscribe to our newsletter<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-boktips-for-resedrommare\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Boktips_for_resedrommare\"><\/span>Book tips for travelling dreamers<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even if you can't travel, you can stay at home on the couch and read your way to other places. Here are 15 books that will take you to other countries and other times. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many times, when you close the book, you will still be relatively happy and thankful that you are in Sweden in 2020. 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Finland: <em>mirage 38<\/em> by Kjell West\u00f6\u00f6<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Join us in intellectual Helsinki in the 1930s. In a gentlemen's club, politics and what is happening in Europe are discussed from different political perspectives. Throughout the story you follow Mrs Wiik, the secretary of one of the members of the men's club, whose dark secret leads in a completely unexpected direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-2-estland-utrensning-av-sofi-oksanen\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_Estland_Utrensning_av_Sofi_Oksanen\"><\/span>2 Estonia: <em>Purging<\/em> by Sofi Oksanen<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The old woman in the Estonian countryside is chasing flies and making pickles. Suddenly she spots a bundle in the garden. Is it a human being? And why does the old woman, who jams and juices, carry so much fear? 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This is both a great story and a historical document. It is sometimes a little disconcerting to realise how poor and underdeveloped it could be in our part of the world at that time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-4-frankrike-sarahs-nyckel-av-tatiana-de-rosnay\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4_Frankrike_Sarahs_Nyckel_av_Tatiana_de_Rosnay\"><\/span>4. France: <em>Sarah's Key<\/em> by Tatiana de Rosnay<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the French police knock on Sarah's family's door in Paris in 1942, she hides her little brother in the wardrobe, locks the door and puts the key in her pocket. She thinks they will come back later, but instead they are taken to the sports centre.\u00a0<em>Vel' d'hiv<\/em>\u00a0along with thousands of other Jews and locked up. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2011\/11\/boktips-sarahs-nyckel\/\">Sarah's Key<\/a> is a compelling story.<\/p><div class=\"freed-grupp-stora-banner freed-entity-placement\" id=\"freed-2634523718\"><div class=\"freed-adlabel\">Advertisement<\/div><div id=\"freed-4041829677\" class=\"method-missing not-front type-post not-theme-page\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/firstcamp.se\/bra-att-veta\/incheckning-efter-stangning?utm_source=display&#038;utm_medium=Freedom-Travel&#038;utm_campaign=Freedom-Travel-sommar-2026\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Dropin_freedom_travel_588x280_SE_final\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dropin_freedom_travel_588x280_SE_final.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dropin_freedom_travel_588x280_SE_final.jpg 588w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dropin_freedom_travel_588x280_SE_final-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dropin_freedom_travel_588x280_SE_final-224x107.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dropin_freedom_travel_588x280_SE_final-18x9.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dropin_freedom_travel_588x280_SE_final-433x206.jpg 433w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" width=\"588\" height=\"280\"   \/><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-5-italien-stal-av-silvia-avallone\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5_Italien_Stal_av_Silvia_Avallone\"><\/span>5. Italy: <em>Steel<\/em> by Silvia Avallone<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2013\/07\/boktips-stal\/\">Steel<\/a> life revolves around the steelworks, where there is a lot of slamming in the intense heat, and where someone occasionally loses a hand. The young protagonists of the story, Anna and Francesca, realise that they have never seen snow, but they have seen drugs. If you are born here, can you leave and choose a different life?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-6-rumanien-begrav-mig-staende-av-isabel-fonseca\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"6_Rumanien_Begrav_mig_staende_av_Isabel_Fonseca\"><\/span>6. Romania: <em>Bury me standing up<\/em> by Isabel Fonseca<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Isabel Fonseca is an American journalist who has lived with Gypsies in Eastern Europe and made a serious attempt to understand their history. Where do they come from? Why have they lived as nomads? What is it about them that makes it hard for \u201dthe rest of us\u201d to accept them? The title&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2011\/01\/boktips-begrav-mig-staende\/\">Bury me standing up<\/a> refers to a gypsy man who, in a dramatic farewell, exclaims \u201dBury me standing up, all my life I have been on my knees\u201d.<\/p><div class=\"freed-grupp-stora-banners-i-blogginlagg-2 freed-entity-placement\" id=\"freed-3104662033\"><div class=\"freed-adlabel\">Advertisement<\/div><div id=\"freed-485628166\" class=\"method-missing not-front type-post not-theme-page\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/wifi.se\/produkt\/hybrid-traveller-portabel-5g-router-med-backup-batteri-i-over-6-timmar-usb\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"freedom\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/freedom.gif\" alt=\"\"  width=\"588\" height=\"288\"   \/><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-7-usa-drommen-av-harry-bernstein\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"7_USA_Drommen_av_Harry_Bernstein\"><\/span>7TH USA: <em>The dream<\/em> by Harry Bernstein<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bernstein made his debut as a writer at the age of 95 (!) with the book \u201dThe Invisible Wall\u201d. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2010\/03\/boktips-drommen\/\">The dream<\/a> is his second novel in which he tells the story of how, at the age of ten, he emigrated with his poor Jewish family from England to the USA. Interesting and poignant about the dream that remains partly a dream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-8-kanada-kanada-av-richard-ford\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"8_Kanada_Kanada_av_Richard_Ford\"><\/span>8. Canada: <em>Canada<\/em> by Richard Ford<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dell and his twin sister live a rootless life in the US in the 1960s, as their father moves between states for his job. When the father loses his job, the situation worsens and the parents, improbably, carry out a bank robbery. 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Cuba: <em>Dream heart<\/em> by Cecilia Samartin<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two cousins in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2013\/10\/boktips-dromhjarta\/\">Dream heart<\/a>, Nora and Alicia, grow up together in a sheltered and privileged existence in Cuba in the 1950s. When Castro comes to power, life is turned upside down. Nora flees with her family to the United States while Alicia's family stays behind. Throughout the years, they continue to correspond, with letters from two seemingly different planets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-10-egypten-yacoubians-hus-av-alaa-al-aswany\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"10_Egypten_Yacoubians_hus_av_Alaa_Al-Aswany\"><\/span>10. Egypt: <em>House of Yacoubian<\/em> by Alaa Al-Aswany<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The old house in the heart of Cairo, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2010\/04\/boktips-yacoubians-hus\/\">House of Yacoubian<\/a>, was built in European style in the 1930s. Now it's home to a blissful mix of people, from the corrupt rich man who bends the Koran to satisfy his desires to the gay editor-in-chief and the poor woman on the roof. Together they take you to a bustling Cairo!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-11-etiopien-438-dagar-av-johan-persson-och-martin-schibbye\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"11_Etiopien_438_dagar_av_Johan_Persson_och_Martin_Schibbye\"><\/span>11. Ethiopia: <em>438 days<\/em> by Johan Persson and Martin Schibbye <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2014\/01\/boktips-438-dagar\/\">438 days<\/a> is a story about the imprisonment in an Ethiopian prison, after the journalists entered the Ogaden to do a report on Lundin Oil. This is a thrilling account of that terrifying adventure. 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Bangladesh: <em>Before the river takes us<\/em> by Helena Thorfinn<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2013\/01\/boktips-innan-floden-tar-oss\/\">Before the river takes us<\/a> two different stories intertwine in the centre of Dhaka. In one, you meet the Swedish Paulin family, who are trying to find their way among aid policies, glitter balls and children's parties with hired clowns. In the other, you follow impoverished teenage sisters Mina and Nazrin, who flee their home village to avoid being married off and enslaved to men forty years their senior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-13-nordkorea-flykten-fran-lager-14-av-blaine-harden\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"13_Nordkorea_Flykten_fran_lager_14_av_Blaine_Harden\"><\/span>13. North Korea: <em>Escape from camp 14<\/em> by Blaine Harden<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In North Korea, there are closely guarded prison camps that hold hundreds of thousands of prisoners, and inside these prison camps are underground prisons. American journalist Blaine Harden has written the unlikely story of Shin Dong-hyuk's <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2013\/11\/boktips-flykten-fran-lager-14\/\">Escape from camp 14<\/a>, which eventually took him all the way to South Korea and the United States.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-14-japan-en-geishas-memoarer-av-arthus-golden\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"14_Japan_En_geishas_memoarer_av_Arthus_Golden\"><\/span>14. Japan: <em>Memoirs of a geisha <\/em>by Arthus Golden<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Enter a world where a girl's virginity is auctioned off to the highest bidder, where women are trained to charm powerful men, and where love is considered an illusion. This is a spellbinding story that takes you to a time and a world far from our own, to the Japan of the geisha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-15-nordpolen-expeditionen-min-karlekshistoria-av-bea-uusman\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"15_Nordpolen_Expeditionen_%E2%80%93_min_karlekshistoria_av_Bea_Uusman\"><\/span>15. The North Pole: <em>The expedition - my love story<\/em> by Bea Uusman<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1897, three men travelled to the North Pole in a hydrogen balloon. The Andr\u00e9 expedition was supposed to bring the men fame, but instead all three died. The question is how? 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