Bibliograph

Nothing to envy, ordinary lives in North Korea, Barbara Demick

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Nothing to envy, ordinary lives in North Korea, Barbara Demick

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-316)

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mapsillustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Nothing to envy

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

664521021

Responsibility statement

Barbara Demick

Sub title

ordinary lives in North Korea

Summary

Follows the lives of six North Koreans over fifteen years, a chaotic period that saw the rise to power of Kim Jong Il and the devastation of a famine that killed one-fifth of the population, illustrating what it means to live under the most repressive totalitarian regime today

Table Of Contents

Holding Hands in the Dark -- Tainted Blood -- The True Believer -- Fade To Black -- Victorian Romance -- Twilight Of The God -- Two Beer Bottles For Your IV -- The Accordion and the Blackboard -- The Good Die First -- Mothers of Invention -- Wandering Swallows -- Sweet Disorder -- Frogs in the Well -- The River -- Epiphany -- The Bartered Bride -- Open Your Eyes, Shut Your Mouth -- The Promised Land -- Strangers in the Homeland -- Reunions -- Waiting

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