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

Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

Barbara Demick with Karen White (Narrator)

12 hours, 29 minutes first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction history politics emotional informative sad medium-paced
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Barbara Demick's Nothing to Envy follows the lives of six North Koreans over fifteen years-a chaotic period that saw the death of Kim Il-sung and the unchallenged rise to power of his son, Kim Jong-il, and the devastation of a far-ranging famine t...

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informative 86%
sad 66%
dark 55%
emotional 52%
reflective 41%
challenging 38%
tense 24%
inspiring 11%
adventurous 7%
hopeful 7%
mysterious 1%

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slow 17%
fast 12%

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