Book · 2009 · Koreans
Nothing to envy
Ordinary Lives in North Korea
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You know there's this amazing we're called nothing to envy and you read it and you want to jump out of window.
The best things said about it
Nothing to envy is also the title of a book uh by barbara demeric about north korea.
People who have heard of her work probably know her book about North Korea nothing to Envy.
Where and when it comes up
Most mentions, by podcast
Why people recommend it
Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick is a compelling non-fiction book that explores the lives of ordinary citizens living inside totalitarian North Korea. Michael Malice recommended the book on The Rubin Report, noting that reading it provides a powerful and overwhelming window into the extreme darkness of the situation in North Korea. Similarly, Dwight Garner referenced Barbara Demick's prominent work on the country during a discussion on The Book Review, acknowledging it as a definitive text that people familiar with her subject matter instantly recognize. Jordan Harbinger also mentioned the book on The Jordan Harbinger Show while discussing the regime with a North Korean defector, citing its title and author to frame the context of life under the authoritarian government. Across these various podcast appearances, speakers turned to Demick's work as a standard reference point for understanding the harsh realities, suppression, and human experiences of North Korean defectors and citizens remaining behind the closed borders of the regime.
Every mention
Michael Malice you know there's this amazing we're called nothing to envy and you read it and you want to jump out of window 1
“you know there's this amazing we're called nothing to envy and you read it and you want to jump out of window”
Dwight Garner people who have heard of her work probably know her book about North Korea nothing to Envy 1
“people who have heard of her work probably know her book about North Korea nothing to Envy”
Jordan Harbinger nothing to envy is also the title of a book uh by barbara demeric about north korea 1
“nothing to envy is also the title of a book uh by barbara demeric about north korea”
Other mentions (3: passing, ad reads, own books)
“my previous book had been about North Korea and you know I guess I'm attracted to Mysteries and I feel that”
“in all three of your books we we talked a little bit about nothing to envy your book on North Korea and your previous one L gavina Street”
“um I I've been covering North Korea since the 1980s and there have been you know some wonderful books that originally I was going to uh include Barbara demics nothing to Envy which is one of the maybe the best of the journalistic books about about North Korea”