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

Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

Barbara Demick

314 pages first pub 2009 (view editions)

nonfiction history politics dark informative sad medium-paced
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An eye-opening account of life inside North Korea--a closed world of increasing global importance--hailed as a "tour de force of meticulous reporting" (The New York Review of Books) NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST - NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWAR...

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informative: 87%

sad: 65%

dark: 60%

emotional: 51%

reflective: 38%

challenging: 36%

tense: 23%

inspiring: 12%

hopeful: 10%

adventurous: 7%

mysterious: 1%


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