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Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea Barbara Demick
Publisher: Spiegel & Grau

Thank you Jonah, I have also been referred to the February-March issue of Foreign Policy magazine. When I woke up this morning and saw that Kim Jong-Il, the North Korean dictator had died, I was thankful that I had read Nothing to Envy a few months ago. I have to admit, I was certainly one of those who have never stopped to think “…. What an eye-opening account to me of what life is like there. Nothing to Envy has been hailed as one of the best books on 'ordinary' life within country. I came across this book — Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick — in a mention from Seraphic Secret. New York: Spiegel & Grau, 2009. Award-Winning Journalist Barbara Demick’s NOTHING TO ENVY: Ordinary Lives in North Korea. The year 1994 was a disaster for North Korea. Nothing to Envy--Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick tells the true story of six people who lived in North Korea in the late 90s (if you call this living). Barbara Demick's Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea offers sweeping insight into the day-to-day living of one of the world's most closed societies. NOTHING TO ENVY: Ordinary Lives in North Korea, by Barbara Demick. Without you guys, I'd never have heard about Barbara Demick's excellent book Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea, and my life would have been the lesser for it. The country's Great Leader and Hero of the Revolution, Marshal Kim Il-sung, died suddenly. (Maps, B&W photos.) US$26.00, cloth. Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea (2010). €�Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea” by Barbara Demick is in my top five! A National Book Award finalist and National Book Critics Circle finalist, Barbara Demick's Nothing to Envy is a remarkable view into North Korea, as seen through the lives of six ordinary citizens. A gripping, astounding view into North Korea through the lives of six ordinary citizens---an important story that has never been told before.