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Hello, does anyone know how accurate this book is considered to be in its depiction of North Korea? I'm always curious when someone writes about life in a country that they're not from, but all the more so when it's a country that few have really visited or spent time in.
Jen Barbara Demick, who wrote an amazing non-fiction book about North Korea based on the accounts of more than 100 defectors, reviewed this book. Her verd…moreBarbara Demick, who wrote an amazing non-fiction book about North Korea based on the accounts of more than 100 defectors, reviewed this book. Her verdict seems to be that the portrayal of life in North Korea is fairly accurate, especially in the first half of the book. But the extent of torture described in the second half was probably exaggerated: https://www.theguardian.com/books/201.... (less)
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