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The human toll of the famine of the 1990s hit an emotional nerve in the context of the individual tragedies experienced by the book's subjects. I was struck by how the circumstances that lead her subjects to seek refuge seemed appallingly desperate and yet the people she interviewed still felt a twinge of guilt for the family and friends they left behind. She begins and ends her account with the most charming love story between two teenagers that persisted even though the darkest of times until the devastation of economic deprivation became too much. Reality finally pierced the veil of propaganda woven by their callous dictator and the urge to survive overcame even the tender romance of young love. <span class="rating">( <img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/ss10.gif"> )</span></div><div id="rfd_275740350" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_275740350"> </span> </span><span class="reviewFlags"> <img id="rfi1_275740350" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"> <img id="rfi2_275740350" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"><span id="rfrf_275740350"> </span></span></span> <span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/APenny72" target="_top">APenny72</a> | Nov 23, 2024 | <a href="/review/275740350"><img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/permalink.gif" width="16" height="7"></a></span> </div></div></div><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_275499669" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/9058303" data-workid="9058303" class="" ><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0385523912.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0385523912.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0385523912.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"></div>Докато предишната книга, която прочетох за С.Корея бе написана от човек, който е бил на сравнително висок пост в министерството на пропагандата, член на политическия елит и дава представа за по-горните ешалони на обществото, за историята и политическите игри в държавата, настоящата книга е писана на базата на разкази на най-обикновени хора.<br><br>Така можем да видим какво означава да живееш в Северна Корея, да работиш, да обичаш, да гладуваш...<br><br>С.Корея е държавата, напреднала най-много в прилагането на комунистическата идеология - и поради това превърнала се практически в държава-робовладетел, където робите са собствените й граждани.<br><br>Това е държава, в която дори храната не си купуваш - магазини няма, всичко се отпуска по план. Всеки месец по толкова килограма това и онова на човек, на дете, на пенсионер, два ката дрехи и един чифт обувки годишно. Да продаваш каквото и да е е забранено. Да произведеш каквото и да е е забранено. Да вземаш пари за услуги е забранено. Да откажеш да ходиш на работа където те назначат е забранено. Да говориш е забранено. Да мислиш е забранено. <br><br>Но както е казал Лао Дзъ, колкото повече закони и забрани има в една държава, толкова повече престъпници. С. Корея що-годе крета до 1989 г. когато получава практически безплатно горива и храни от СССР и Китай, но след промените цялата икономика на страната, която в никакъв случай не може сама да се издържа, рухва тотално.<br><br>Настава масов глад, предприятията не работят, никой не поддържа електрическата и пътната система. Хората успяват да оцелеят само под радара, с малки незаконни търговийки тук там, черен пазар и т.н. Е, разбира се, между 1 и 2 млн умират от глад, а други 200 хил. бягат в Китай.<br><br>Да, социалистическа утопия, наистина. <span class="rating">( <img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/ss8.gif"> )</span></div><div id="rfd_275499669" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_275499669"> </span> </span><span class="reviewFlags"> <img id="rfi1_275499669" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"> <img id="rfi2_275499669" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"><span id="rfrf_275499669"> </span></span></span> <span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/Longanlon" target="_top">Longanlon</a> | Nov 19, 2024 | <a href="/review/275499669"><img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/permalink.gif" width="16" height="7"></a></span> </div></div></div><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_275423574" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/9058303" data-workid="9058303" class="" ><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0385523912.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0385523912.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0385523912.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"></div>Such a thoughtfully historical, personal, and economic review of North Korea and the effect of the Kim family on the people at large. Overshadows previous books about North Korea that I've read. Even well-trod territory about the country found new life through her subjects' perspectives. <span class="rating">( <img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/ss10.gif"> )</span></div><div id="rfd_275423574" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_275423574"> </span> </span><span class="reviewFlags"> <img id="rfi1_275423574" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"> <img id="rfi2_275423574" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"><span id="rfrf_275423574"> </span></span></span> <span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/tmaluck" target="_top">tmaluck</a> | Nov 17, 2024 | <a href="/review/275423574"><img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/permalink.gif" width="16" height="7"></a></span> </div></div></div><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_274398848" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/9058303" data-workid="9058303" class="" ><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0385523912.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0385523912.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0385523912.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"></div>This is very interesting look at the lives of Ordinary people in North Korea, there were parts of the book that shocked me as I had very little knowledge of North Korea and this book puts a very human face on life in this country. On the inside of the first page of this book is a satellite night time picture of North and south Korea and China in the middle of the picture is a dark spot north Korea a nation of 23 million people that has little electricity, while south Korea is blazing with light. A great opening picture. <span class="rating">( <img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/ss8.gif"> )</span></div><div id="rfd_274398848" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_274398848"> </span> </span><span class="reviewFlags"> <img id="rfi1_274398848" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"> <img id="rfi2_274398848" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"><span id="rfrf_274398848"> </span></span></span> <span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/DemFen" target="_top">DemFen</a> | Oct 31, 2024 | <a href="/review/274398848"><img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/permalink.gif" width="16" height="7"></a></span> </div></div></div><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_262239246" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/9058303" data-workid="9058303" class="" ><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0385523912.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0385523912.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0385523912.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"></div>A readable and illuminating account of the famine years of the early 20th century in North Korea, as seen through the eyes of six escapees. Not all of these people had been critical of the repressive, totalitarian regime under which they had been brought up. They accepted unquestioningly that there was nothing to envy beyond the country's borders, despite the fact that education, career ambitions, love and home life were under constant surveillance and minor 'offences' could result in lifelong punishment for themselves and their families. An eye opening look at a largely unknown world. <span class="rating">( <img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/ss10.gif"> )</span></div><div id="rfd_262239246" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_262239246"> </span> </span><span class="reviewFlags"> <img id="rfi1_262239246" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"> <img id="rfi2_262239246" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"><span id="rfrf_262239246"> </span></span></span> <span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/Margaret09" target="_top">Margaret09</a> | Apr 15, 2024 | <a href="/review/262239246"><img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/permalink.gif" width="16" height="7"></a></span> </div></div></div><div class='reviewnav'><div class="right"><strong><a href="#" onclick="loadReviewsIntoContainer('',0,3,3,'wp_reviews',5,'','9058303','',false, null, 'profile');return false;">date<span class="sortArrow"> ▼</span></a></strong> | <a href="#" onclick="loadReviewsIntoContainer('',0,2,3,'wp_reviews',5,'','9058303','',false, null, 'profile'); return false;">votes</a></div>Showing 1-5 of 177 (<a href="#" onclick="loadReviewsIntoContainer('',5,0,3,'wp_reviews',5,'','9058303','', false, null, 'profile'); return false;">next</a> | <a href="#" onclick="loadReviewsIntoContainer('',0,0,3,'wp_reviews',10000,'','9058303','', false, null, 'profile'); return false;">show all</a>)</div></div></div></div></div></div><div id="workpagesort_53" class="quickedit light flipped"><div class="nav"><div class="sectionhead_rbutcontainer" style="float: right;"><span class="sectionTitleHelp"><span class="sectionTitleHelp"><a href="https://wiki.librarything.com/index.php/Published_Reviews" class="blacklink" title="Help"><img style="vertical-align:middle;" class="helpIcon" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/helpq.png" alt="?"></a></span></span></div> <a name="publishedreviews"></a><span class="navInfoTitle"><span class="divotBig" onclick="LibraryThing.work.handleSectionHide(this, 'mediareviews', 'u_6a1fe131', '0');"><span class="chdivot" style="font-size:9px;vertical-align:bottom;">▼</span></span>Published reviews</span></div><div class="qelcontent" id="u_6a1fe131" style="display:block;"><div id="mediareviews_container"><div id="mediareviews"><table class="sa_tools" id="u_bfe0af4d_link"><tr><td id="left">3 reviews</td><td id="center"><a href="#" onclick="LibraryThing.mediareviews.edit({'workid':'9058303'});return false;">add a review</a></td><td id="right"> thingScore <a href="https://wiki.librarything.com/index.php/Published_Reviews"><span class="mre_score mre_score_good">88</span></a></td></tr></table><div class="bookReview" mr_id="18406" style="font-size:12px;"><span style="float: right; margin: 5px 0px 5px 6px;"><span id="rate-u_92d9fb85" title="0.0 Stars" aria-title="0.0 Stars" class="rating rating-style-2 " data-fn="ratingWidget_fromSettingsA" ></span></span><div id="brtext_18406" class="commentText">Barbara Demick's book Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea opens with a nighttime satellite image of northeast Asia that shows the bright lights of South Korea and China. In the middle of the photograph is a dark spot — a nation of 23 million people that has little electricity.</div><div class="commentFooter" style="clear: right;"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="mredit">added by <a href="/profile/bongiovi">bongiovi</a> | <a title="edit review" href="#" onclick="LibraryThing.mediareviews.edit({'mr_id':'18406', 'workid':'9058303'});return false;">edit</a></span></span><span class="controlItems"><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122282495&ft=1&f=1032" target="_top" class="nowrap"><span class="nowrap mre_source">NPR</span></a> <span rawdate="1262754000" class="nowrap">(Jan 6, 2010)</span></span></div><div style="clear:both;height:1px;"> </div></div><div class="bookReview" mr_id="18408" style="font-size:12px;"><span style="float: right; margin: 5px 0px 5px 6px;"><span id="rate-u_208b8973" title="7.0 Stars" aria-title="7.0 Stars" class="rating rating-style-2 " data-fn="ratingWidget_fromSettingsA" ><img class="thumb_rating" 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class='fwikiItem divcanonicaltitle'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_originaltitle"></a>Original title</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_e9150f57' itemType='1' itemNum='9058303' fieldType='41' name='u_e9150f57' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'originaltitle' uitype = '1' ltlang='eng' hint = 'The original title in the original language' ><div class='fwikiItem divoriginaltitle'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/commonknowledge/search.php?q=Nothing+to+Envy%3A+Ordinary+Lives+in+North+Korea&f=41&exact=1&type=1">Nothing to Envy: Ordinary 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class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_originalpublicationdate"></a>Original publication date</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_63013a22' itemType='1' itemNum='9058303' fieldType='16' name='u_63013a22' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'originalpublicationdate' uitype = '1' ltlang='eng' hint = '1952-12-30, 1933-10, 1902, or 120 BCE' ><div class='fwikiItem divoriginalpublicationdate'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/commonknowledge/search.php?q=2009&f=16&exact=1&type=1">2009</a> </div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_characternames"></a>People/Characters</td> <td><table 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Examples: Hermione Granger, Andrew Jackson, Oberon, St. Paul of Tarsus, or Zeus (Deity)' ><div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Kim+Jong-il">Kim Jong-il</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_placesmentioned"></a>Important places</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField fwikiGroup' id='u_6c6f6eb1' itemType='1' itemNum='9058303' fieldType='2' name='u_6c6f6eb1' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'placesmentioned' uitype = '1' ltlang='eng' hint = '"Boston, Massachusetts, USA", "London, England", "The Plaza Hotel, New York, New York, USA", "Hogwarts", "Alpha Centauri", "Hell"' ><div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/North+Korea">North Korea</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/Chongjin%2C+North+Hamgyong%2C+North+Korea">Chongjin, North Hamgyong, North Korea</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/Pyongyang%2C+North+Korea">Pyongyang, North Korea</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/Seoul%2C+South+Korea">Seoul, South Korea</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/South+Korea">South Korea</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_events"></a>Important events</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_ad6e0011' itemType='1' itemNum='9058303' fieldType='34' name='u_ad6e0011' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'events' uitype = '1' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Great Fire of London (1666), Battle of the Bulge (1944|1945), Assassination of John F. Kennedy (1963-11-22), Battle of Hoth' ><div class='fwikiItem divevents'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/events/Korean+War">Korean War</a> <span class="fwikiAutoLinks">(<a class="fwikiAutoLink" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?q=1950">1950</a> | <a class="fwikiAutoLink" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?q=1953">1953</a>)</span></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_movies"></a>Related movies</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_3df05247' itemType='1' itemNum='9058303' fieldType='37' name='u_3df05247' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '0' fieldName = 'movies' uitype = '1' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Blade Runner (1982), The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Three Musketeers (1993)' ><div class='fwikiItem divmovies'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" editVal="" ></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr>     <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_epigraph"></a>Epigraph</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_de85e15e' itemType='1' itemNum='9058303' fieldType='28' name='u_de85e15e' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '0' fieldName = 'epigraph' uitype = '3' ltlang='eng' hint = 'The work's epigraph, "a phrase, quotation, or poem that is set at the beginning of a document or component." ' ><div class='fwikiItem divepigraph'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_dedication"></a>Dedication</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_24190612' itemType='1' itemNum='9058303' fieldType='30' name='u_24190612' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'dedication' uitype = '3' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Author's dedication' ><div class='fwikiItem divdedication'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >For Nicholas, Gladys, & Eugene</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_firstwords"></a>First words</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_2b954eaf' itemType='1' itemNum='9058303' fieldType='25' name='u_2b954eaf' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'firstwords' uitype = '3' ltlang='eng' hint = 'The first sentence of the work.' ><div class='fwikiItem divfirstwords'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >If you look at satellite photographs of the far east by night, you'll see a large splotch curiously lacking in light.</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_quotations"></a>Quotations</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_f2fdf29c' itemType='1' itemNum='9058303' fieldType='27' name='u_f2fdf29c' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'quotations' uitype = '3' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Well-known, relevant or interesting quotations from the work; Quotation marks are unnecessary.' ><div class='fwikiItem divquotations'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >[...] she couldn't deny what was staring her plainly in the face: dogs in China ate better than doctors in North Korea.</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_lastwords"></a>Last words</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_9cdbe2ae' itemType='1' itemNum='9058303' fieldType='26' name='u_9cdbe2ae' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'lastwords' uitype = '3' ltlang='eng' hint = 'The last sentence of the work. Content will be hidden unless clicked.' ><div class='fwikiItem divlastwords'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" id="u_68439c9b" style="display: none; min-height:12px;" >Maybe they are waiting for nothing in particular, just waiting for something to change.</div><a href="javascript:showHiddenfieldcontent('u_68439c9b')" id="link_u_68439c9b">(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)</a><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_disambiguation"></a>Disambiguation notice</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_71332a0a' itemType='1' itemNum='9058303' fieldType='13' name='u_71332a0a' allowmultiple='0' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'disambiguation' uitype = '3' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Clarifications to be used by future combiners and separators, or just as information.' ><div class="currentlyFrom">Information from the German Common Knowledge. Edit to localize it to your language.</div><div class='fwikiItem divdisambiguation'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >'Im Land des Flüsterns' ist eine ergänzte Neuauflage von 'Die Kinogänger von Chongjin'</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_series"></a>Publisher's editors</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_0f64a41d' itemType='1' itemNum='9058303' fieldType='1' name='u_0f64a41d' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '0' fieldName = 'literaryeditors' uitype = '1' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Publisher's or acquiring editor' ><div class='fwikiItem divliteraryeditors'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_blubers"></a>Blurbers</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField fwikiGroup' id='u_ec1d85c4' itemType='1' itemNum='9058303' fieldType='29' name='u_ec1d85c4' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'blurbers' uitype = '1' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Who blurbed the book? A blurb is defined as a super-short review, done before the book is published or reviewed professionally. As Rachael Donadio wrote, "Book blurbs are a tangled mass of friendships, rivalries, favors traded and debts repaid, not always in good faith." This field aims to capture that tangle! <b>Note:</b> Please enter only the names of people, not publications. 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id='u_27fe7bc5' itemType='1' itemNum='9058303' fieldType='58' name='u_27fe7bc5' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'originallanguage' uitype = '1' ltlang='eng' hint = '' ><div class='fwikiItem divoriginallanguage'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/commonknowledge/search.php?q=English&f=58&exact=1&type=1">English</a> </div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_canonicalddc"></a>Canonical DDC/MDS</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_ca51d77c' itemType='1' itemNum='9058303' fieldType='61' name='u_ca51d77c' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'canonicalddc' uitype = '1' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Best consensus choice within the Melvil Decimal Classification System' ><div class='fwikiItem divcanonicalddc'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/mds/306.095193090511">306.095193090511</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_canonicallcc"></a>Canonical LCC</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_719a7224' itemType='1' itemNum='9058303' fieldType='66' name='u_719a7224' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'canonicallcc' uitype = '1' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Best consensus choice within the Library of Congress Classification system' ><div class='fwikiItem divcanonicallcc'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a 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style="width: 33%"><p><a href="#" onclick="return load_externalresources(235669);" rel="nofollow">Barbara Demick</a></p><p><a href="#" onclick="return load_externalresources(11693615);" rel="nofollow">Hanawon</a></p><p><a href="#" onclick="return load_externalresources(13119686);" rel="nofollow">Harmonica house</a></p><p><a href="#" onclick="return load_externalresources(2143447);" rel="nofollow">Hwang Jang-yop</a></p><p><a href="#" onclick="return load_externalresources(12863363);" rel="nofollow">Inminban</a></p><p><a href="#" onclick="return load_externalresources(5385417);" rel="nofollow">Kim Il-sung Socialist Youth League</a></p><div class="showmore_hide"></div></td><td style="width: 33%"><p><a href="#" onclick="return load_externalresources(3812598);" rel="nofollow">Kippumjo</a></p><p><a href="#" onclick="return load_externalresources(105082);" rel="nofollow">Kisaeng</a></p><p><a href="#" onclick="return load_externalresources(3877475);" rel="nofollow">List of North Korean defectors in South Korea</a></p><p><a href="#" onclick="return load_externalresources(15911556);" rel="nofollow">List of things named after Kim Il-sung</a></p><p><a href="#" onclick="return load_externalresources(13317004);" rel="nofollow">North Korean cult of personality</a></p><p><a href="#" onclick="return load_externalresources(2011838);" rel="nofollow">North Korean defectors</a></p><div class="showmore_hide"></div></td><td style="width: 33%"><p><a href="#" onclick="return load_externalresources(2440652);" rel="nofollow">North Korean famine</a></p><p><a href="#" onclick="return load_externalresources(13328605);" rel="nofollow">North Korean postal service</a></p><p><a href="#" onclick="return load_externalresources(9986366);" rel="nofollow">Nothing to Envy</a></p><p><a href="#" onclick="return load_externalresources(5282020);" rel="nofollow">Seosan Football Stadium</a></p><p><a href="#" onclick="return load_externalresources(13985685);" rel="nofollow">Unification Church and North 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