Nothing to Envy

Ordinary Lives in North Korea

by Karen White, Barbara Demick

mp3 cd

Published Jan. 6, 2010 by Tantor Audio.

ISBN:: 978-1-4001-5984-0

(2 reviews)

Follows the lives of six North Koreans over fifteen years, a chaotic period that saw the rise to power of Kim Jong Il and the devastation of a famine that killed one-fifth of the population, illustrating what it means to live under the most repressive totalitarian regime today.

4 editions

fastfinge reviewed Nothing to Envy by Karen White

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3 stars

This is the most depressing thing I have read in a while. But if you're at all interested in North Korea, this is quite a good book. The audio edition is worth it, mostly to hear the names pronounced correctly.

kerry

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March 24, 2017