Nothing To Envy : Real Lives In North Korea EPUB
by Barbara Demick
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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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- Format:EPUB
- Pages:336 pages
- Publisher:Granta Publications
- Publication Date:10/06/2010
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- ISBN:9781847083371
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:EPUB
- Pages:336 pages
- Publisher:Granta Publications
- Publication Date:10/06/2010
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- ISBN:9781847083371