Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea Barbara Demick
Publisher: Spiegel & Grau

Ordinary Lives in North Korea the subtitle said. Wednesday, November 14, 7:00-8:30 pm, room 329. The book is called Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea, written by Barbara Demick, a former correspondent for the Los Angeles Times. Nothing to Envy follows the lives of “ordinary” (i.e., suffering, i.e. Jack Rendler, Amnesty International's country specialist on North Korea, will give an update on current issues in communist North Korea. Everyone not Kim Jong-Il) North Koreans. Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick is a powerful book that details the lives of six men and women. But these are not ordinary lives at all! The title comes from a North Korean propaganda song. If anyone ever tries to tell you that politics doesn't matter, I suggest you raise the case of North Korea. I think that Nothing to Envy gives me the perfect opportunity for doing that. What an eye-opening account to me of what life is like there. There was a fascinating review of this book, written by Barbara Demick, in the LRB recently. A review of Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea, by Barbara Demick. Nothing to Envy--Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick tells the true story of six people who lived in North Korea in the late 90s (if you call this living). The awarding of the 2012 Shorenstein Journalism Award to Barbara Demick, Beijing bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times, author of “Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea” and long-time North Korea watcher. So, let's start with my criticism, then.