Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick Summary
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Journey inside North Korea through intimate defector stories that shattered international perceptions. A National Book Award finalist revealing forbidden love, famine survival, and hidden resilience under history's most secretive regime. What happens when ordinary people discover their entire reality is fabricated?
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What does it mean to fall in love in a country where the lights never turn on? North Korea from space looks like a black void-not because it's undeveloped, but because it has regressed from modernity back into darkness. This isn't poetic metaphor. It's the lived reality of millions trapped in the world's most secretive nation, where electricity became a luxury after the Soviet Union's collapse in the early 1990s pulled the plug on subsidized fuel. The skeletal power lines still hang overhead like monuments to a functional past, reminders to older citizens who remember when their country actually outshone South Korea in development. Yet this darkness offers something precious in a surveillance state: invisibility. When adults retire early without power for televisions or lights, teenagers can slip out unnoticed. For Mi-ran and Jun-sang, two young people whose relationship violated North Korea's rigid social hierarchy, night became their sanctuary. They would meet after sunset and walk to an abandoned hot springs resort where ginkgo trees shed yellow leaves like delicate fans. Under brilliantly unpolluted stars, they could talk for hours-a love story that satellite analysts studying nuclear facilities would never detect. In this bleak country where millions starved, there was also love, friendship, and the universal human longing for connection, all flourishing in spaces carved from absolute darkness.
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Creado por exalumnos de la Universidad de Columbia en San Francisco
"Instead of endless scrolling, I just hit play on BeFreed. It saves me so much time."
"I never knew where to start with nonfiction—BeFreed’s book lists turned into podcasts gave me a clear path."
"Perfect balance between learning and entertainment. Finished ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’ on my commute this week."
"Crazy how much I learned while walking the dog. BeFreed = small habits → big gains."
"Reading used to feel like a chore. Now it’s just part of my lifestyle."
"Feels effortless compared to reading. I’ve finished 6 books this month already."
"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
"BeFreed replaced my podcast queue. Imagine Spotify for books — that’s it. 🙌"
"It is great for me to learn something from the book without reading it."
"The themed book list podcasts help me connect ideas across authors—like a guided audio journey."
"Makes me feel smarter every time before going to work"
"Instead of endless scrolling, I just hit play on BeFreed. It saves me so much time."
"I never knew where to start with nonfiction—BeFreed’s book lists turned into podcasts gave me a clear path."
"Perfect balance between learning and entertainment. Finished ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’ on my commute this week."
"Crazy how much I learned while walking the dog. BeFreed = small habits → big gains."
"Reading used to feel like a chore. Now it’s just part of my lifestyle."
"Feels effortless compared to reading. I’ve finished 6 books this month already."
"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
"BeFreed replaced my podcast queue. Imagine Spotify for books — that’s it. 🙌"
"It is great for me to learn something from the book without reading it."
"The themed book list podcasts help me connect ideas across authors—like a guided audio journey."
"Makes me feel smarter every time before going to work"
"Instead of endless scrolling, I just hit play on BeFreed. It saves me so much time."
"I never knew where to start with nonfiction—BeFreed’s book lists turned into podcasts gave me a clear path."
"Perfect balance between learning and entertainment. Finished ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’ on my commute this week."
"Crazy how much I learned while walking the dog. BeFreed = small habits → big gains."
"Reading used to feel like a chore. Now it’s just part of my lifestyle."
"Feels effortless compared to reading. I’ve finished 6 books this month already."
"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
"BeFreed replaced my podcast queue. Imagine Spotify for books — that’s it. 🙌"
"It is great for me to learn something from the book without reading it."
"The themed book list podcasts help me connect ideas across authors—like a guided audio journey."
"Makes me feel smarter every time before going to work"
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