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Audiobook recommendation of the day ....
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
Barbara Demick (Author), Karen White (Narrator), Tantor Audio (Publisher)
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Audiobook recommendation of the day ....
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
Barbara Demick (Author), Karen White (Narrator), Tantor Audio (Publisher)
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Listening Length: 12 hours and 29 minutes
"Barbara Demick's Nothing to Envy follows the lives of six North Koreans over 15 years - a chaotic period that saw the death of Kim Il-sung and the unchallenged rise to power of his son, Kim Jong-il, and the devastation of a far-ranging famine that killed one-fifth of the population."
My Comments: Almost unbelievable account of the tragedy and suffering caused by a totalitarium government that has failed the people on every level. Utterly spellbinding, I hope so much that the people of North Korea get to recover and have a better life.
The individual stories tell, in a very personal way, just what it is to starve to death in a famine, to lack the most basic medical care and live with, virtually, nothing. The disillusion that came with realizing they had been lied to in every way by their government was both freeing and disorienting for those that finally escaped. Sobering, but completely fascinating.
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"Barbara Demick's Nothing to Envy follows the lives of six North Koreans over 15 years - a chaotic period that saw the death of Kim Il-sung and the unchallenged rise to power of his son, Kim Jong-il, and the devastation of a far-ranging famine that killed one-fifth of the population."
My Comments: Almost unbelievable account of the tragedy and suffering caused by a totalitarium government that has failed the people on every level. Utterly spellbinding, I hope so much that the people of North Korea get to recover and have a better life.
The individual stories tell, in a very personal way, just what it is to starve to death in a famine, to lack the most basic medical care and live with, virtually, nothing. The disillusion that came with realizing they had been lied to in every way by their government was both freeing and disorienting for those that finally escaped. Sobering, but completely fascinating.
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