Nothing to Envy

Ordinary Lives in North Korea

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Barbara Demick: Nothing to Envy (Paperback, 2010, Spiegel & Grau)

Paperback, 336 pages

Published Oct. 5, 2010 by Spiegel & Grau.

ISBN:
978-0-385-52391-2
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OCLC Number:
664521021

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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.

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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.

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Subjects

  • History -- Asia -- Korea
  • Nonfiction -- Social Sciences -- Anthropology -- Cultural
  • Nonfiction -- Social Sciences -- Sociology
  • Nonfiction -- Social Sciences -- Special Groups