Nothing to Envy: Love, Life and Death in North Korea by Barbara Demick

Nothing to Envy: Love, Life and Death in North Korea

Barbara Demick

314 pages first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction history politics emotional informative sad medium-paced
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What if the world imagined by George Orwell in Nineteen eighty-four was real?What if everything around you was black and white except for the red letters on propaganda signs? Where spies like Orwell′s Thought Police studied your facial expressions...

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sad 66%
dark 56%
emotional 52%
reflective 41%
challenging 38%
tense 24%
inspiring 11%
hopeful 8%
adventurous 7%
mysterious 1%

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fast 11%

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