Nothing to envy

ordinary lives in North Korea

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Nothing to envy
Barbara Demick
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Nothing to envy

ordinary lives in North Korea

1st ed.
  • 4.45 ·
  • 11 Ratings
  • 28 Want to read
  • 0 Currently reading
  • 13 Have read

A remarkable view into North Korea, as seen through the lives of six ordinary citizens Nothing to Envy follows the lives of six North Koreans over fifteen years--a chaotic period that saw the death of Kim Il-sung, the unchallenged rise to power of his son Kim Jong-il, and the devastation of a far-ranging famine that killed one-fifth of the population. Taking us into a landscape most of us have never before seen, award-winning journalist Barbara Demick brings to life what it means to be living under the most repressive totalitarian regime today--an Orwellian world that is by choice not connected to the Internet, in which radio and television dials are welded to the one government station, and where displays of affection are punished; a police state where informants are rewarded and where an offhand remark can send a person to the gulag for life. Demick takes us deep inside the country, beyond the reach of government censors. Through meticulous and sensitive reporting, we see her six subjects--average North Korean citizens--fall in love, raise families, nurture ambitions, and struggle for survival. One by one, we experience the moments when they realize that their government has betrayed them. Nothing to Envy is a groundbreaking addition to the literature of totalitarianism and an eye-opening look at a closed world that is of increasing global importance. From the Hardcover edition.

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Publisher
Spiegel & Grau
Language
English
Pages
314

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2009, Spiegel & Grau
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New York

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-314).

Genre
Case studies

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
306.095193/090511
Library of Congress
HN730.6.A8 D46 2009

The Physical Object

Pagination
xii, 314 p. :
Number of pages
314

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24022351M
ISBN 13
9780385523905
LCCN
2009022420

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