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Nothing To Envy: Real Lives In North Korea by Barbara Demick (Paperback, 2010)

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ISBN-13: 9781847081414, 978-1847081414. Nothing To Envy Real Lives In North Korea. Nothing to Envy weaves together the stories of adversity and resilience of six residents of Chongin, North Korea's third-largest city.

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WINNER OF THE BBC SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2010 A spectacularly revealing and harrowing portrait of ordinary lives in the world's least ordinary country, North Korea North Korea is Orwell's 1984 made reality: it is the only country in the world not connected to the internet; Gone with the Wind is a dangerous, banned book; during political rallies, spies study your expression to check your sincerity. After the death of the country's great leader Kim Il Sung in 1994, famine descended, and Nothing to Envy - winner of the 2010 BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction - weaves together the stories of adversity and resilience of six residents of Chongin, North Korea's third-largest city. From extensive interviews and with tenacious investigative work, Barbara Demick has recreated the concerns, culture and lifestyles of North Korean citizens in a gripping narrative, and vividly reconstructed the inner workings of this extraordinary and secretive country.

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PublisherGranta Books

ISBN-139781847081414

eBay Product ID (ePID)93439773

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Number of Pages336 Pages

Publication NameNothing to Envy: Real Lives in North Korea

LanguageEnglish

SubjectPolitics

Publication Year2010

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaCivil Service

AuthorBarbara Demick

FormatPaperback

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Item Height198 mm

Item Weight237 g

Item Width129 mm

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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

Title_AuthorBarbara Demick

TopicMemorials, Literary Theory

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by clive56
13 Dec, 2024
Fascinating, beautifully written book.
Fantastic book. A very interesting country with many grizzly aspects, all addressed by the author of this terrific, engaging book. Beautifully written in a journalistic style.
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by eiranorcross
28 Aug, 2019
An eye opener.
It’s a well written, interesting insight into the lives of people in North Korea.
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by geeniweeni
26 Sep, 2018
Riveting
This book was recommended by my niece. It is utterly compelling. From the Kim dynasty and its Stalinist cruelty to the lives of 6 families and the defections which made lives unbearable this book is a real page-turner
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by peterrymer
18 Jan, 2023
Interesting book
North Korea is an awful place to live and we should do something to help the people who live there
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by halcyonpeach
25 Jul, 2018
Fascinating
Compelling subject, fascinatingly told and beautifully written.
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by vince18h
07 Sep, 2018
Fabulous insight
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