Barbara Demick
Author
Publisher
Spiegel & Grau
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xii, 314 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the lives of six North Koreans over a span of fifteen years, exploring how the lives of ordinary citizens were impacted by key social, political, and economic events of the time.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvii, 325 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Set in Aba, a town perched at 12,000 feet on the Tibetan plateau in the far western reaches of China that has been the engine of Tibetan resistance for decades, Eat the Buddha tells the story of a nation through the lives of ordinary people living in the throes of this conflict. Award-winning journalist Barbara Demick illuminates a part of China and the aggressions of this superpower that have been largely off limits to Westerners who have long romanticized...