Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick

Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

Barbara Demick

316 pages first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction history politics emotional informative sad medium-paced

Description

An eye-opening account of life inside North Korea--a closed world of increasing global importance--hailed as a "tour de force of meticulous reporting" (The New York Review of Books) NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST - NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWAR...

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Moods

informative 84%
sad 61%
dark 55%
emotional 55%
reflective 42%
challenging 35%
tense 18%
inspiring 9%
adventurous 5%
hopeful 5%
mysterious 1%

Pace

medium 66%
slow 22%
fast 10%

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4.48

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