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4.47 AVERAGE
4.47 AVERAGE
Прочетох тази книга, защото исках да науча какво е положението в Северна Корея в момента. Авторката е компилирала няколко истории на бегълци и техните семейства. Описва начина им на живот, културата, какво "прелива чашата", как бягат и как се адаптират към съвременния свят. Описва кастовата им система, половата дискриминация, сексуалната култура, базирана на средновековни обичаи и нелегални аборти, медицината и други тъжни подробности.
Ако вярваме на разказаното, Северна Корея в момента бавно "прогнива" от проникващия от Китай капитализъм - достъпни ДВД плейъри, дивидита, контрабанда, нелегална южнокорейска телевизия. Както е описано, хората в Севера са живи само благодарение на контрабандата и парите на емигрантите, поради което никой не се престарава с ловенето на бегълци.
Колкото и да ми е неприятно да го кажа, положението изглежда стабилно и подобен абсурден режим може да оцелее, докато не свършат бегълците.
Ако вярваме на разказаното, Северна Корея в момента бавно "прогнива" от проникващия от Китай капитализъм - достъпни ДВД плейъри, дивидита, контрабанда, нелегална южнокорейска телевизия. Както е описано, хората в Севера са живи само благодарение на контрабандата и парите на емигрантите, поради което никой не се престарава с ловенето на бегълци.
Колкото и да ми е неприятно да го кажа, положението изглежда стабилно и подобен абсурден режим може да оцелее, докато не свършат бегълците.
The variation of perspectives coupled with historical detail added by the author creates a clear, well rounded picture of a country that to many of us still remains in the dark. If you have any interest in North Korea this is the one you should read.
Really good. Descriptions of life in North Korea, told from interviews with 6 defectors. I liked that the book kept its focus small and tight and didn't try to do more than it could. The writing and the people are engaging.
Barbara Demick assembles a detailed account of the lives of six ordinary North Koreans in the city of Chongjin from interviews conducted in Seoul in the 2000s. The author draws a compelling narrative from the interviews, weaving together disparate but similar stories focusing on the famine of the 1990s.
I was a big fan of the narrative style, which lent a lot more humanity and credence to a people under a regime we often think of as ridiculous and absurd. I do think she had to fill in a couple of blanks to keep the narrative style, not to the extent of fabrication however. Maybe a little bit of the old poetic licence.
Well-researched, well written and well put together. 5 stars!
I was a big fan of the narrative style, which lent a lot more humanity and credence to a people under a regime we often think of as ridiculous and absurd. I do think she had to fill in a couple of blanks to keep the narrative style, not to the extent of fabrication however. Maybe a little bit of the old poetic licence.
Well-researched, well written and well put together. 5 stars!
Wow. There's not much else that can be said as I finish reading these first-hand accounts of North Korean defectors. Nothing To Envy reads like a dystopian novel and I had to remind myself on several occasions that these were real people and their true-life stories. It was gut-wrenching, horrifying, and yet fascinating to hear how they survived, escaped, and slowly learned how to adapt themselves in a world so different from whence they came.
So eye opening about North Korean plight of its citizens . Haunting for sure. Unforgettable look inside the hunger & dismal living conditions of an entire country.
Not ashamed to say that Crash Landing Into You brought me here. Utterly fascinating in a morbid sense. It was such a unique problem that the parents starving themselves so that their children might survive in turn meant there was an epidemic of orphaned children. How that left the children and the means to which they were left to survive was particularly hard for me. Five stars for any book that teaches me something new. I can only imagine what more we might learn one day about this country.
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Rating 5* out of 5. The author portrays the lives of six North Koreans and how they eventually fled the totalitarian regime. There is nothing I can say to do this disturbing book justice. It's like dystopian YA literature written for adults and - wait - set in the real world, today. Shocking and haunting. There are no happy endings or quick fixes here. "All charity starts with a full stomach" goes a saying and in North Korea this meant that I won't feed your children if mine are hungry. People of North Korea got used to flies buzzing around corpses during the famine in the 1990's. This is not a happy book, but it desperately deserves to be read. Highly recommended.