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Surreal. É a única palavra que descreve a Coréia do Norte. Quadrinhos para qualquer tipo de público, simplesmente por contar como funciona este país bizarro. Um pouco desatualizada, mas ainda é o tipo de leitura que me deixou abismado com como uma sociedade desta ainda pode existir.
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I mean, I enjoyed getting a look into a place I’ll never probably visit in my life, but some things just felt off.
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This was an interesting read as a perspective you rarely see (I didn’t realise that businesses outside of North Korea utilised workforces in the country), but it did also feel rather shallow and quite condescending at times. This can be explained by his short visit and the fact that clearly no one was going to open up to him, but does feel like it’s lacking a bit of depth.  

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Excellent satirical jaunt written specifically with conveying the tight confines of Guy's imposed reality in mind. Perfectly juxtaposes the silliness of absolute control while brimming with the very frustrations any "normal" outsider would feel when micromanaged.

I'd say the contrarian nature of the reviews speak volumes to Pyonyang's interest. Pick it up, read it with a wry bit of humor; you will not regret it.
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Dit 'strip/dagboek' biedt je de kans om mee te kijken naar het leven in Noord Korea. Het is een zeer menselijk verhaal vol observaties, zonder historisch-wetenschappelijk te willen zijn.

Ik kocht deze nadat ik Jeruzalem las, van dezelfde auteur. Jeruzalem was een werk dat langzaamaan uit de onschuld kroop en je bij de keel greep met de nodige verontwaardiging. Dat is niet hoe deze strip werkt. Guy haalt reeds in de eerste pagina's 1984 uit, waarmee hij onze verwachtingen direct scherp stelt. De verhalen die volgen zijn eerder absurd/humoristisch. Het verhaal is dan ook lichter en leuker dan Jeruzalem.

zeker een aanrader.

Re-reading it, I found myself a lot less sympathetic to the author but it's still a very interesting read. Even if you get a verrry biased perspective of North Korea--and really, a very small part of North Korea, it's still an image of a country that westerners don't really know much about. I would like to read more of his books--I also read Shenzhen a long time ago--just with the understanding that I probably will continue to dislike the author on some level.