Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

by Barbara Demick

Book Overview

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST - 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)

FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD - FINALIST FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD WINNER OF WINNERS AWARD

In this landmark addition to the literature of totalitarianism, award-winning...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385523912
• ISBN13: 9780385523912
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Random House
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Discover a world that is like no other

This book was amazing. It brought tears, and anger when living the lives of the people in the book. North korea is a strange place. I recommend people read this book to walk a mile in the shoes of the captives in N. Korean's.