Nothing to envy ordinary lives in North Korea

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Demick, Barbara (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Spiegel & Grau, 2009.
Edition:First edition
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Table of Contents:
  • Holding hands in the dark
  • Tainted blood
  • The true believer
  • Fade to black
  • Victorian romance
  • Twilight of the god
  • Two beer bottles for your IV
  • The accordian and the blackboard
  • The good die first
  • Mothers of invention
  • Wandering swallows
  • Sweet disorder
  • Frogs in the well
  • The river
  • Epiphany
  • The bartered bride
  • Open your eyes, shut your mouth
  • The promised land
  • Strangers in the homeland
  • Reunions
  • Epilogue : Waiting.