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Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea (2009)

by Barbara Demick

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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.

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306.095193090511Social sciences › Social Sciences; Sociology and anthropology › Culture and Institutions › Biography And History › Asia › China & Korea

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HN730.A8Social sciences › Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform › Social history and conditions. Social problems. › By region or country

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