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WINNER OF THE 2010 SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION What if George Orwell's vision in Nineteen Eighty-four was a reality? Imagine a world where everything is black and white, except for the red letters on propaganda signs, and where spies monitor your facial expressions at political rallies. This is the reality in North Korea, the only country that has chosen to remain disconnected from the Internet. Under the rule of a dictator, the nation is shrouded in mystery and control, yet 22 million people live, work, and dream of a different life. Journalist Barbara Demick spent a decade exploring North Korea's strange politics and regulations. Her journey led her to Mi-ran, a young woman defector who shared her experiences of growing up in a land where cinema thrived during times of electricity and where teenage romances blossomed. Through Mi-ran's narrative, Demick uncovers a more human side of North Korea. In her work, she retraces the lives of Mi-ran and five other North Koreans, revealing their ambitions, struggles, and the profound costs of living in such a bizarre society. Their stories paint a haunting portrait of resilience amid oppression.
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- Titel
- Nothing to Envy
- Untertitel
- Love, Life and Death in North Korea
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Barbara Demick
- Verlag
- Fourth Estate
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2012
- Einband
- Paperback
- Seitenzahl
- 240
- ISBN10
- 0732292840
- ISBN13
- 9780732292843
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Historisches Thema, Politik, Narrativer Journalismus, Geschichten, Geschenke für Opa, Journalismus, Flucht, Kommunismus, Nach wahren Begebenheiten, Verbrechen des Kommunismus, Schicksale der Menschen, Totalitäre Regime, Nordkorea, Hungersnot
- Erstveröffentlichung
- 2009
- Originaltitel
- Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
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- 4,6 von 5 Sternen
- Beschreibung
- WINNER OF THE 2010 SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION What if George Orwell's vision in Nineteen Eighty-four was a reality? Imagine a world where everything is black and white, except for the red letters on propaganda signs, and where spies monitor your facial expressions at political rallies. This is the reality in North Korea, the only country that has chosen to remain disconnected from the Internet. Under the rule of a dictator, the nation is shrouded in mystery and control, yet 22 million people live, work, and dream of a different life. Journalist Barbara Demick spent a decade exploring North Korea's strange politics and regulations. Her journey led her to Mi-ran, a young woman defector who shared her experiences of growing up in a land where cinema thrived during times of electricity and where teenage romances blossomed. Through Mi-ran's narrative, Demick uncovers a more human side of North Korea. In her work, she retraces the lives of Mi-ran and five other North Koreans, revealing their ambitions, struggles, and the profound costs of living in such a bizarre society. Their stories paint a haunting portrait of resilience amid oppression.