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product_id: 203583089
title: "Nothing to Envy: Love, Life and Death in North Korea"
brand: "barbara demick"
price: "R1021"
currency: ZAR
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reviews_count: 13
url: https://www.desertcart.co.za/products/203583089-nothing-to-envy-love-life-and-death-in-north-korea
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# Nothing to Envy: Love, Life and Death in North Korea

**Brand:** barbara demick
**Price:** R1021
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

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- **What is this?** Nothing to Envy: Love, Life and Death in North Korea by barbara demick
- **How much does it cost?** R1021 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Description

Nothing to Envy: Love, Life and Death in North Korea

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Revelatory and Riveting
  

*by J***Y on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 19, 2013*

Barbara Demick's series of life stories of and interviews with defectors from North Korea is both an eye-opener and verification of the worst rumors we  hear about the "hermit kingdom."  The fact that the stories are all true, personal and are followed through to the present makes them all the more riveting,but her selection of stories gives a startling sense of humanity and struggle as well. Westerners may find the details impossible to believe, yet the facts are there and we marvel at the tenacity of the north Korean citizens and especially the bravery ( sometimes luck?) of the successful defectors.  We sympathize with them in more ways than one, however, because they may have escaped a "hermit kingdom" but they have traded it for an "alien planet"in South Korea where nothing they believed was true is suddenly assaulting their reason from all quarters.  Its the human stories we need to hear from north Korea.  We need to put faces to myths and truth before propaganda.  Demick's "Noting to Envy" is highly recommended reading.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Life inside North Korea as told by those who lived it
  

*by A***R on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 17, 2020*

An eye-opening, in-depth illustration of life in North Korea - from the experiences of defectors. Very illuminating and at times harrowing. Individual life stories were told in a no-nonsense style, without judgement or opinion.

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    Great story telling
  

*by G***O on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 29, 2013*

Nothing to Envy,It has been written like a story book more than a North Korea documentary, if you like to know more it is a great read, But it is more like a novel then a Historical / Reality document. The Author has tried to link the historical events to the characters' experience, but some how given the reader a false sense of time, as it jump back and forward. Otherwise a very good read.

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*Last updated: 2026-03-18*