Nothing to Envy - Real Lives in North Korea

Informationen zum Autor Barbara Demick won the Samuel Johnson Prize for Nothing to Envy (Granta, 2010), her seminal book on North Korea. She is also the author of Besieged (Granta, 2012), her account of the war in Sarajevo, which won the George Polk Award, the Robert F Kennedy Award and was shortlisted for a Pulitzer Prize. She lives in New York. Klappentext WINNER OF THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION A spectacular, definitive portrait of ordinary life within one of the world's most repressive states - North Korea. 'A most perceptive and eye-opening account of everyday life in North Korea' Jung Chang North Korea is Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four made reality: it is the only country in the world not connected to the internet; where Gone with the Wind is a dangerous, banned book; and where during political rallies, spies study your expression to check your sincerity. Nothing to Envy weaves together the stories of adversity and resilience of six residents of Chongin, North Korea's third-largest city. From extensive interviews and with tenacious investigative work, Barbara Demick has recreated the concerns, culture and lifestyles of North Korean citizens in a gripping narrative, and vividly reconstructed the inner workings of this extraordinary and secretive country. Includes an updated afterword by the author. 'Impossible to put down... Helps restore humanity to some of the world's most oppressed people' Observer Zusammenfassung A spectacularly revealing and harrowing portrait of ordinary lives in the world's least ordinary country! North Korea. Newly updated in 2013

Product details

• Authors: Barbara Demick, Barbara (Y) Demick, Demick Barbara
• Publisher: Granta Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 08.07.2010
• EAN: 9781847081414
• ISBN: 978-1-84708-141-4
• No. of pages: 316
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 197 mm x 23 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Reportagen und journalistische Berichterstattung, Nordkorea, Literarische Essays, Memoiren, Berichte/Erinnerungen, Politische Unterdrückung und Verfolgung, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century, Memoirs, Social & cultural history, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, Englische Bücher / Belletristik / Essay, HISTORY / Asia / Korea, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, Reportage & collected journalism, c 2000 to c 2010, Asian History, c 1990 to c 2000, Reportage, journalism or collected columns, North Korea