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beckyderp !DONgSbOYdw replied with this 6 years ago, 4 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,008,150
@previous (D)
I'm not saying all books are boring, you mong.
terri !RwordOooFE joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 48 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,008,165
i finally started reading this book and today my friend gave me a ton of flippin more books
Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 4 hours later, 8 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,008,186
I want a Becky bible..
Kook !!rcSrAtaAC (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 2 hours later, 10 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,008,201
@1,008,148 (beckyderp !DONgSbOYdw)
Beckyyyy! That is not helpful!
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 7 minutes later, 10 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,008,204
What book is it?
Kook !!rcSrAtaAC (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 1 hour later, 11 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,008,220
@previous (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
It's called a Capitalist in North Korea. It's an interesting book that refutes the assumption that North Korea are all brainwashed zombies
Anonymous H joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 9 minutes later, 11 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,008,225
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Pesach rated it it was amazing 5 Star· review of another edition
Recommends it for: people interested in North Korea, business people, people loving adventure
Recommended to Pesach by: friends who loved the book
THIS BOOK is truly different from all other North Korea books I have read so far and offers a completely new perspective from a human (and humanistic) point of view, trying to show life in the country without political or ideological coloring.
Indeed, unlike other authors Felix Abt prefers to stay apolitical and impartial when sharing his thoughts and memories of his extraordinary seven-year sojourn. His unbiased approach to North Korea is a provocation to all those who read and believe the wacky/scandalous and horrific North Korea stories (often with dodgy sourcing) that sell so well and that people readily believe.
For this reason Abt’s book will never get the same praise and is bound to sell only a fraction of “Nothing to Envy. Ordinary Lives in North Korea”. The latter is by far the best-selling North Korea book even though it has not much to do with today’s “Ordinary Lives in in North Korea” but very much with the lives of the depicted 6 defectors living in the worst crisis period (during the nineties) in the worst affected industrial city (Chongjin). Thanks to Abt’s book we learn how much North Korea has changed since then.
While he offers in his unique first-hand account insight into business interactions, he's sharing amazing observations about relations between men and women, North Koreans and foreigners, North Koreans and South Koreans and so on.
The account is also peppered with interesting anecdotes and stories about private life that do not typically receive attention in the western media.
This North Korea book also distinguishes itself by the 200+ photos taken by the author. Abt added more eye-opening North Korea images to a photo gallery here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/felix_ab...
His memoir is an absolute must-read for anybody interested in this reclusive country.
Many 5 Star reviews - Then this
2 Star
Suzi rated it it was ok
Shelves: korea
This should have been a really good insightful book. The tone was very annoying. Felix seems to be the only person who knows or understands anything. The insights might also have been good if more timely. Much would seem to have changed. I persevered through approximately the first half then just skimmed the second half. Uncomfortable with how "pro-North Korea" he seemed to be, that is so much at odds with other reads, accounts and lectures. But it is another perspective on a country few have visited, even fewer have worked in. So I guess if you are really interested give it a go, maybe the tone won't be so annoying to you
terri !RwordOooFE replied with this 6 years ago, 1 hour later, 13 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,008,302
> It's called a Capitalist in North Korea. It's an interesting book that refutes the assumption that North Korea are all brainwashed zombies
not like people are going to stop fantasizing about brainwashed communist zombie people who look different tho
Anonymous I joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 2 minutes later, 13 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,008,307
@previous (terri !RwordOooFE)
ninjaa
none of them look like your weebo friends.
terri !RwordOooFE replied with this 6 years ago, 2 minutes later, 13 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,008,310
@previous (I)
my friends are normal looking and only one is a weeb thanks
also fuck off you really just live for internet drama don't you old man
sad, sad life. I r alive o, yet UR the walking dead
Kook !!rcSrAtaAC (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 1 minute later, 13 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,008,316
@1,008,302 (terri !RwordOooFE)
Are you trans now? ?
terri !RwordOooFE replied with this 6 years ago, 37 seconds later, 14 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,008,317