The Ministry of Truth (book) Orwell's Ministries of "Nineteen Eighty-Four". "Publishers Weekly" wrote that "the rich, full-color images of North Korea's capital city Pyongyang captured by international photographers Munz and Nikol contain a surreal beauty, often monumental and sparsely populated, that inspires a vivid sense of isolation and uncertainty. ... This slim book provides rare glimpses into the 'world's first postmodern country,' each as illuminating for what it shows as for what it hides." The Ministry of Truth (book) The Ministry of Truth: Kim Jong-Il's North Korea () is a 2006 book by the Swiss writer Christian Kracht and the photographers Eva Munz and Lukas
Disturbing the Peace (novel) writer. While Yates' short-story collection "Eleven Kinds of Loneliness" was celebrated, his second novel "A Special Providence" was panned. The lackluster sales and critical reception for "Disturbing the Peace" convinced many that "like Fitzgerald and so many others, he’d squandered his talent, drank it away." This reputation persisted until the following year when Yates published his acclaimed novel "The Easter Parade". For some period of time, Joe Pesci held the film rights but never acted on it. Disturbing the Peace (novel) Disturbing the Peace is a novel by American writer Richard Yates. First published in 1975, Yates' fourth book concerns