Description |
311 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm |
Summary |
"Through poignant, laugh-out-loud essays and 92 never-before-published color photographs of North Korea, [the author] chronicles one of the strangest vacations ever. Along the way, she bares all while undergoing an inner journey as convoluted as the country itself."--Amazon.com. |
Contents |
Arrival -- curioser and curioser -- The Koryo Hotel -- James Franco could have killed me -- Shit I think might be real -- And then there were two -- The simulation cinema -- Next stop : normal people -- It takes a hero -- Hot doctor, dimly lit -- The kids are alright -- The Grand People's Study House -- Go green go -- "Say cheese" -- The day I hit the wall -- My mind is a terrible thing to waste -- The older one -- And the Earth goes 'round the Sun -- Clam bake and a hot spa -- Friends for life -- Driver -- The gynecologist -- They're only human -- Author's note : Seeing is not believing -- The "shit I think might be real" list. |
Subject |
Simmons, Wendy E. -- Travel -- Korea (North)
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Travel writing -- Korea (North)
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Korea (North) -- Description and travel.
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Korea (North) -- Social conditions.
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ISBN |
9780795347047 |
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0795347049 |
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