Nothing To Envy

At times a page-turner, at others an intimate study in totalitarian psychology.… more

The narrow boundaries of our knowledge have expanded radically with the publication of Nothing to Envy. . . . Elegantly structured and written, [it] is a groundbreaking work of literary nonfiction.… more

Excellent . . . humanizes a downtrodden, long-suffering people whose individual lives, hopes and dreams are so little known abroad.… more

A tour de force of meticulous reporting.… more

Deeply moving . . . The personal stories are related with novelistic detail.… more

Provocative . . . offers extensive evidence of the author’s deep knowledge of this country while keeping its sights firmly on individual stories and human details.… more