Without You, There Is No Us: Undercover Among the Sons of North Korea's Elite, (Paperback)

from Meredy

Six-word review: Glimpse of higher education in North Korea. Extended review: Every book I read and every documentary I see on North Korean society and politics adds something to my awareness (I can't say "understanding"--how can Westerners understand it?) of the so-called hermit nation that is n...

from mabith

This is a review based on an ARC. Kim was born in South Korea, and moved to the US with her family when she was 13. A journalist and novelist, Kim visited Pyongyang on various trips for some years, seeing the very little Westerners were allowed to see. In 2011, however, she goes there to teach vi...

from DavidWineberg

The ruling Kim clan (no relation the author) has created a monster, mostly to itself. The people of North Korea are so isolated they have no idea about anything outside their country, and enormously little about what goes on in it. By breaking down the family unit, they have destroyed links, safe...

from Chatterbox

This was a fascinating look at the elite of North Korea, or, more specifically, the sons of the elite that Suki Kim taught over the course of two semesters at a quirky institution run by evangelical missionaries (really...) in Pyongyang. Forbidden from evangelizing or even talking about things li...

from Limelite

No books can be as chilling as factual reports about life and conditions in North Korea. Adam Johnson's Pulitzer Prize winning novel, The Orphan Master's Son must be noted as conveying the schizophrenic tyranny of that country's government that makes continuity of daily life a forbidden dream. In...