In this landmark addition to the literature of totalitarianism, awardwinning journalist barbara demick follows the lives of six north korean citizens over fifteen yearsa chaotic period that saw the death of kim ilsung, the rise to power of his son kim jongil the father of kim jongun, and a devastating famine that killed onefifth of. One by one, we witness their profound, lifealtering disillusionment with the government and their realization that, rather than providing them with lives of abundance, their country has betrayed them. Nothing to envy king county library system overdrive. John delury, slate at times a pageturner, at others an intimate study in totalitarian psychology. Nothing to envy by barbara demick, 9780385523912, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook.
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