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

Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

Barbara Demick

336 pages first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction history politics emotional informative sad medium-paced

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In this landmark addition to the literature of totalitarianism, award-winning journalist Barbara Demick follows the lives of six North Korean citizens over fifteen years—a chaotic period that saw the death of Kim Il-sung, the rise to power of his ...

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tense 19%
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hopeful 5%
mysterious 1%

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