Nothing To Envy Av Barbara (Y) Demick

<p><b>WINNER OF THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION </b><br><br><b>A spectacular, definitive portrait of ordinary life within one of the world's most repressive states - North Korea. </b><br><br><b>'A most perceptive and eye-opening account of everyday life in North Korea' Jung Chang</b><br><br>North Korea is Orwell's <i>Nineteen Eighty-Four</i> made reality: it is the only country in the world not connected to the internet; where <i>Gone with the Wind</i> is a dangerous, banned book; and where during political rallies, spies study your expression to check your sincerity. <br><br><i>Nothing to Envy</i> 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. <br><br>Includes an updated afterword by the author.<br><br><b>'Impossible to put down ... helps restore humanity to some of the world's most oppressed people' <i>Observer</i></b></p>