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Nothing To Envy Barbara Demick (Y)

Nothing To Envy By Barbara Demick (Y)

Nothing To Envy by Barbara Demick (Y)


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Summary

A spectacularly revealing and harrowing portrait of ordinary lives in the world's least ordinary country, North Korea. Newly updated in 2013

Nothing To Envy Summary

Nothing To Envy: Real Lives In North Korea by Barbara Demick (Y)

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.

About Barbara Demick (Y)

Barbara Demick's coverage of the war in Sarajevo won the George Polk Award and the Robert F Kennedy Award, and she was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in international reporting. She is now the Beijing Bureau Chief for the Los Angeles Times.

Additional information

GOR001963580
9781847081414
184708141X
Nothing To Envy: Real Lives In North Korea by Barbara Demick (Y)
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Granta Books
2010-07-08
336
Winner of Samuel Johnson Prize 2010 (UK)
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