Burma, where George Orwell worked as an officer in the Imperial police force, is currently ruled by one of the oldest and most brutal military dictatorships in the world. Emma Larkin presents a side to the country that the regime does not want revealed: a hidden world that can be found only in whispered conversations, covered books and the potent rumours wafting like vapours through the country's teashops. Starting in the former royal city of Mandalay, she travelled through the moody delta regions on the edge of the Bay of Bengal, to the mildewed splendour of the old port town Moulmein, and ending her journey in the mountains of the far north, in the forgotten town Orwell used as the setting for Burmese Days. Visiting the places where Orwell lived and meeting the people who live there today, Emma Larkin gives a vivid and moving portrait of a people for whom reading is resistance.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
John Murray Press
ISBN-13
9780719556951
eBay Product ID (ePID)
94953820
Product Key Features
Book Title
Secret Histories: Finding George Orwell in a Burmese Teashop
Author
EMMA Larkin
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Travel Writing
Publication Year
2005
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
199mm
Item Width
128mm
Item Weight
173g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
EMMA Larkin
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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