Don't hope to get rid of books (Umberto Eco)
+371 27000041, +371 27000045
(on working days 9:00-17:00 latvian)
+371 27000041
+371 27000045

(on working days 10:00-17:00)

North of the 38th parallel: How to live in the DPRK

19.99 €
Out of stock
North of the 38th parallel: How to live in the DPRK
19.99 €
North Korea, still incredibly classified, is no longer a black box to the world. The radical social experiment that began there in the 1940s seems to be coming to an end. And behind it are the fates of people - countless lives. Andrei Lankov, a well-known orientalist and publicist, tells us how these lives were lived and what is happening in the country now. The author has repeatedly visited North Korea and communicated with people from all walks of life. These are state security officers and smugglers, North Korean new rich and defectors, intellectuals (which seems to be prestigious but still dangerous) and chauffeurs (which is both safe and still prestigious). The book is about technology (from exotic gas-generator engines to the North Korean Internet) and monuments to leaders, about houses and trains, about hunger and delicacies - about the everyday life of North Koreans, their worries, anxieties and joys. About how the DPRK is gradually and reluctantly opening up to the world.
See also:

You might be interested:

Прованс от A до Z
Tourism, travel guides, atlases, maps
Provence from A to Z
Mail Peter
14.99 €
In basket
Моя жизнь.  Южный полюс
Tourism, travel guides, atlases, maps
My life. South Pole
Amundsen Roald
19.99 €
In basket
По Уссурийскому краю. Дерсу Узала
Tourism, travel guides, atlases, maps
Across the Ussuri region. Dersu Uzala
Arsenyev Vladimir
29.99 €
In basket
Гималаи, Сибирь, Америка: Мои пути и дороги. Очерки, наброски, воспоминания
Tourism, travel guides, atlases, maps
Himalayas, Siberia, America: My paths and roads. Essays, sketches, memories
Vereshchagin Vasily
19.99 €
In basket