Nothing to envy :
Demick, Barbara
Nothing to envy : real lives in North Korea / Barbara Demick. - With an updated epilogue - xii, 319 pages : illustrations, portraits, map
Previous edition: 2010.
"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."--Provided by publisher.
9781847081414
Korea (North)--Social conditions--21st century.
Korea (North)--Social life and customs--21st century.
951.9305
Nothing to envy : real lives in North Korea / Barbara Demick. - With an updated epilogue - xii, 319 pages : illustrations, portraits, map
Previous edition: 2010.
"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."--Provided by publisher.
9781847081414
Korea (North)--Social conditions--21st century.
Korea (North)--Social life and customs--21st century.
951.9305