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

Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea Barbara Demick ebook
ISBN: 0385523904, 9780385523905
Publisher: Spiegel & Grau
Format: pdf
Page: 161

Genre: Non-Fiction (narrative) Publisher: Spiegel & Grau (Random House) Pub. Nothing to Envy--Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick tells the true story of six people who lived in North Korea in the late 90s (if you call this living). As a result, North Koreans think that they live in the best country in the world and that, as difficult as their lives may be, everybody else has it much worse. What an eye-opening account to me of what life is like there. It is not easy for somebody who's escaped a totalitarian country to live in the free world. Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick is the book we're discussing tonight in the book group I'm attending. The awarding of the 2012 Shorenstein Journalism Award to Barbara Demick, Beijing bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times, author of “Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea” and long-time North Korea watcher. It was not a journey I'd expected to take. The first chapter of Nothing to Envy begins with this mind-boggling picture. Demick speaking about her book, "Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea" on NPR a few weeks ago and considering my fascination with North Korea, thought this would be a good read. In fact, it was on a whim that I downloaded Barbara Demick's affecting nonfiction book, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea, to my Kindle on Saturday night. Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick. Title: Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea Author: Barbara Demick Pages: 296. €�North Korean defectors often find it hard to settle down. Award-winning journalist Barbara Demick of the Los Angeles Times' triumphantly successful Nothing to Envy uncovers a romantically human side of North Korea and her disenchanted citizens.