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Title:
Nothing to envy : ordinary lives in North Korea / Barbara Demick.
Author:
Demick, Barbara.
Publication Information:
New York : Spiegel & Grau, ©2015.
Call Number:
HN730.6.A8 D46 2015
Abstract:
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.
Geographic Term:
Korea (North) -- Social conditions -- 21st century.

Korea (North) -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.
Edition:
Spiegel & Grau trade pbk. ed.
ISBN:
9780385523912

9780385529617
Physical Description:
xii, 319 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm.
Subject Term:
Koreans -- Korea (North) -- Social conditions -- 21st century -- Case studies.

Koreans -- Korea (North) -- Economic conditions -- 21st century -- Case studies.
Personal Author:
Demick, Barbara.
Subject:
Koreans -- Korea (North) -- Social conditions -- 21st century -- Case studies.

Koreans -- Korea (North) -- Economic conditions -- 21st century -- Case studies.

Korea (North) -- Social conditions -- 21st century.

Korea (North) -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.
Award Note:
National Book Award Finalist, 2010
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