What a fantastic book! Nonfiction. It's all about 6 "ordinary" citizens of North Korea, and their stories about life under communism, which they escaped.
This should be required reading for every snot-nose punk college kid who thinks that socialism could possibly work.
How this book escaped being bestseller is beyond comprehension.
Please read it immediately.
Going to read it—thanks! Sadly, I have relatives that I need to give it to for Christmas....LOL
Going to read it—thanks! Sadly, I have relatives that I need to give it to for Christmas....LOL
I’m late to this thread (scanning it for good books to read), but have to agree with you about “Nothing to Envy”. I read it a few weeks ago and was so humbled by my absolute ignorance of what the people of North Korea have suffered. I knew on one level that they lived in poverty, but didn’t know what that really meant until I read the book. Poverty in America is a life of wealth compared to North Koreans. But more than the poverty, the mind control disturbed me. They don’t even know their lives aren’t normal. The book grabbed me from the first page. We are so lucky here and I agree with you that everybody should read this book.