Double Purity, Demick, Barbara

Автор: Demick Barbara
Название: Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
ISBN: 0385523912 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780385523912
Издательство: Random House (USA)
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Описание: A remarkable view into North Korea, as seen through the lives of six ordinary citizens
 
Nothing to Envy" "follows the lives of six North Koreans over fifteen years—a chaotic period that saw the death of Kim Il-sung, the unchallenged rise to power of his son Kim Jong-il, and the devastation of a far-ranging famine that killed one-fifth of the population.
Taking us into a landscape most of us have never before seen, award-winning journalist Barbara Demick brings to life what it means to be living under the most repressive totalitarian regime today—an Orwellian world that is by choice not connected to the Internet, in which radio and television dials are welded to the one government station, and where displays of affection are punished; a police state where informants are rewarded and where an offhand remark can send a person to the gulag for life. 
    Demick takes us deep inside the country, beyond the reach of government censors. Through meticulous and sensitive reporting, we see her six subjects—average North Korean citizens—fall in love, raise families, nurture ambitions, and struggle for survival. One by one, we experience the moments when they realize that their government has betrayed them. 
Nothing to Envy is a groundbreaking addition to the literature of totalitarianism and an eye-opening look at a closed world that is of increasing global importance. 
 

"From the Hardcover edition."

Автор: Demick, Barbara (y)
Название: Eat the buddha
ISBN: 1783782080 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781783782086
Издательство: TBS/GBS
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Описание: The new book from Barbara Demick

Автор: Demick, Barbara
Название: Eat The Buddha
ISBN: 0812988116 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780812988116
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Описание: A gripping portrait of modern Tibet told through the lives of its people, from the bestselling author of Nothing to Envy.

"You simply cannot understand China without reading Barbara Demick on Tibet."--Evan Osnos, author of Age of Ambition

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Parul Sehgal, The New York Times - The New York Times Book Review - The Washington Post - NPR - The Economist

Just as she did with North Korea, award-winning journalist Barbara Demick explores one of the most hidden corners of the world. She tells the story of a Tibetan town perched eleven thousand feet above sea level that is one of the most difficult places in all of China for foreigners to visit. Ngaba was one of the first places where the Tibetans and the Chinese Communists encountered one another. In the 1930s, Mao Zedong's Red Army fled into the Tibetan plateau to escape their adversaries in the Chinese Civil War. By the time the soldiers reached Ngaba, they were so hungry that they looted monasteries and ate religious statues made of flour and butter--to Tibetans, it was as if they were eating the Buddha. Their experiences would make Ngaba one of the engines of Tibetan resistance for decades to come, culminating in shocking acts of self-immolation.

Eat the Buddha spans decades of modern Tibetan and Chinese history, as told through the private lives of Demick's subjects, among them a princess whose family is wiped out during the Cultural Revolution, a young Tibetan nomad who becomes radicalized in the storied monastery of Kirti, an upwardly mobile entrepreneur who falls in love with a Chinese woman, a poet and intellectual who risks everything to voice his resistance, and a Tibetan schoolgirl forced to choose at an early age between her family and the elusive lure of Chinese money. All of them face the same dilemma: Do they resist the Chinese, or do they join them? Do they adhere to Buddhist teachings of compassion and nonviolence, or do they fight?

Illuminating a culture that has long been romanticized by Westerners as deeply spiritual and peaceful, Demick reveals what it is really like to be a Tibetan in the twenty-first century, trying to preserve one's culture, faith, and language against the depredations of a seemingly unstoppable, technologically all-seeing superpower. Her depiction is nuanced, unvarnished, and at times shocking.

Автор: Demick, Barbara
Название: Untitled Nonfiction
ISBN: 0593132793 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780593132791
Издательство: Random House (USA)
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Автор: Demick, Barbara
Название: Untitled Nonfiction
ISBN: 0593132777 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780593132777
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Автор: Demick, Barbara
Название: Double Purity
ISBN: 0593132742 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780593132746
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Автор: Demick,Barbara
Название: Eat The Buddha
ISBN: 178378265X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781783782659
Издательство: TBS/GBS
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Описание: SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITINGLONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR IN FINANCIAL TIMES, ECONOMIST, NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON POST, SPECTATOR'You simply cannot understand China without reading Barbara Demick on Tibet' Evan Osnos, author of Age of Ambition In 1950, China claimed sovereignty over Tibet, leading to decades of unrest and resistance. Barbara Demick chronicles the Tibetan tragedy from Ngaba, a defiant town on the eastern edge of the Tibetan plateau. From the stories of Ngaba's last princess and those who experienced the struggle sessions of Mao's revolution to the experiences of today's monks and townsfolk suffering repression under China's rule, Demick paints a riveting portrait of Tibet past and present as it fights for its identity against one of the most powerful countries in the world.

Автор: Shay John
Название: Panda Demick
ISBN: 1735611484 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781735611488
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Описание:

(Featured on NPR Nov. 27, 2020) Panda Demick could do something that no other panda has ever been able to do before. Demick could talk to animals, children, and even itsy-bitsy viruses. Though sad things are happening in the world around him, Demick is a good friend who is willing to do what is necessary to keep all of his friends safe. An uplifting children's story about listening to friends, and those in need, in order to heal nature and grow happy and healthy together. A beautifully illustrated story that includes pandas, elephants, lions, eagles, sparrows, giraffes, camels, whales, toucans, koalas, sea turtles, hippopotami, bees, ladybugs, ants, sloths, flamingos, cats, dogs, frogs, and loving humans, make Panda Demick a uniquely heartwarming treasure to be handed down and shared with future generations. Written in loving memory of those lost worldwide to COVID-19.

Автор: Shay John
Название: Panda Demick
ISBN: 1735611417 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781735611419
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Описание: Panda Demick is an uplifting children`s story about the importance of family, friendship and the environment during the pandemic. A story to be handed down to future generations. Written in loving memory of those lost worldwide to COVID-19.