![]() However, Barbara Demick‘s book is more of a collection of stories, told through the prism of someone who knows the political situation well and could define the difference between what the defectors were experiencing, and what they knew about the world, versus what was actually happening. ![]() Hyeonseo Lee tells her own experiences, the life as she knew it, the world as she was taught to view it. Ultimately, now I can say that the difference between the two books is mostly in the way they view the subject. I debated with myself whether I need another book for my book world trip, but what set my mind was the idea, that while Nothing to Envy is a story told through a “middle man”, The Girl with Seven Names is an autobiography. This is the second book that I have read, which tells the stories of North Korean defectors, the first being Nothing to Envy. ![]() ![]() ![]() ( Author: Hyeonseo Lee) + ( Year: 2015) + ( Goodreads) ![]()
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