TY - JOUR TI - Literary reportage as a “mirror walking around the courtyard”? Barbara Demick’s “Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea” AU - Golon, Klaudia TI - Literary reportage as a “mirror walking around the courtyard”? Barbara Demick’s “Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea” AB - This article is an analysis of Barbara Demick’s book “Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea” in the context of image building of North Korea and North Koreans in Poland. The study covers aspects such as: analysis of anthropological details, title, creation of selected characters or intertextual references. In addition, special attention is paid to examining two narrative strategies present in the book: fictionalization and narrative with specific informational properties. The analysis shows that the image of North Korea as presented in the analysed reportage is far from politics and close to the Korean culture and life perspective. VL - 2022 IS - Volume 65, Issue 1 (249) PY - 2022 SN - 0555-0025 C1 - 2299-6362 SP - 95 EP - 110 DO - 10.4467/22996362PZ.22.007.15337 UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/zeszyty-prasoznawcze/article/reportaz-literacki-jako-lustro-przechadzajace-sie-po-goscincu-barbary-demick-swiatu-nie-mamy-czego-zazdroscic KW - reportage KW - North Korea KW - image building KW - non-fictional literature KW - image of North Korea KW - famine