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NOTHING TO ENVY - BARBARA DEMICK KARTONIERT (TB)

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

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