Finding George Orwell in Burma

Name: Finding George Orwell in Burma
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ISBN: 9780143037118

ISBN-10: 0143037110

ISBN-13: 9780143037118

Edition: N/A

Authors: Emma Larkin

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In one of the most intrepid travelogues in recent memory, Emma Larkin tells of the year she spent traveling through Burma, using as a compass the life and work of George Orwell, whom many of Burmas underground teahouse intellectuals call simply the Prophet. In stirring prose, she provides a powerful reckoning with one of the worlds least free countries. Finding George Orwell in Burmais a brave and revelatory reconnaissance of modern Burma, one of the worlds grimmest and most shuttered police states, where the term Orwellian aptly describes the life endured by the countrys people. BACKCOVER: A truer picture of authoritarianism than anyone has written since, perhaps, Orwell himself. Mother…

Book details

List price: $18.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 3/6/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.10" wide x 7.72" long x 0.74" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English



Map


Prologue



Mandalay



The Delta



Rangoon



Moulmein



Katha


Epilogue


Acknowledgements