Finding George Orwell In Burma
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Finding George Orwell In Burma
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Author : Emma Larkin
language : en
Publisher: Granta Books
Release Date : 2011-07-07
Finding George Orwell In Burma written by Emma Larkin and has been published by Granta Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07-07 with Travel categories.
In this intrepid and brilliant memoir, Emma Larkin tells of the year she spent travelling through Burma, using as a compass the life and work of George Orwell, whom many of Burma's underground teahouse intellectuals call simply "the prophet". In stirring, insightful prose, she provides a powerful reckoning with one of the world's least free countries. Finding George Orwell in Burma is a brave and revelatory reconnaissance of modern Burma, one of the world's grimmest and most shuttered dictatorships, where the term "Orwellian" aptly describes the life endured by the country's people. This book has come to be regarded as a classic of reportage and travel and a crucial book for anyone interested in Burma and George Orwell.
Secret Histories
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Author : Emma Larkin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Secret Histories written by Emma Larkin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Burma categories.
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.
Comrade Aeon S Field Guide To Bangkok
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Author : Emma Larkin
language : en
Publisher: Granta Books
Release Date : 2021-05-06
Comrade Aeon S Field Guide To Bangkok written by Emma Larkin and has been published by Granta Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-06 with Fiction categories.
In Bangkok, a plot of land behind a city slum resonates with the hopes, dreams and fears of the local community. For Comrade Aeon, a homeless insurgent who fled to the jungle after a military crackdown on student protestors in 1976, it's a verdant refuge and the place from which he documents the underbelly of the city. For Ida Barnes, an ex-pat whose husband may be cheating on her, it's an inviting retreat. For Witty, an urbane property developer married to one of the city's most famous movie stars, it's a 'Bangkok Unicorn' - that rare chance to make his mark on the Bangkok skyline. But the slum-dwelling spirits who guard its secrets know that it holds a much darker history, that it masks the silent politics at the heart of Thai culture. Written with a tender compassion for Bangkok's people and customs, Comrade Aeon's Field Guide to Bangkok is a masterful, propulsive debut which introduces a fresh new talent in fiction
Secret Histories
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Author : Emma Larkin
language : en
Publisher: John Murray Publishers
Release Date : 2004-01-01
Secret Histories written by Emma Larkin and has been published by John Murray Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-01-01 with Burma categories.
A journey through Burma in which George Orwell's vision of Nineteen Eighty-four is an eerie reality
No Bad News For The King
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Author : Emma Larkin
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2011-06-28
No Bad News For The King written by Emma Larkin and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-28 with History categories.
An incisive, unprecedented report on life inside Burma from the author of Finding George Orwell in Burma On May 2, 2008, an enormous tropical cyclone made landfall in Burma, wreaking untold havoc and killing more than 138,000 people. In No Bad News for the King, Emma Larkin, a Westerner who has been traveling to and secretly reporting on Burma for years, uses her extraordinary access and intimate understanding of the Burmese people to deliver a beautifully written and stunningly reported story that has never been told before. Chronicling the tragedy that unfolded in the chaotic days and months that followed the storm, she also examines the secretive politics of Burma's military dictatorship, a regime that relies on vicious military force and a bizarre combination of religion and mysticism to rule the country.
The Hidden History Of Burma Race Capitalism And The Crisis Of Democracy In The 21st Century
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Author : Thant Myint-U
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2019-11-12
The Hidden History Of Burma Race Capitalism And The Crisis Of Democracy In The 21st Century written by Thant Myint-U and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-12 with History categories.
How did one of the world’s "buzzy hotspots" (Fodor’s 2013) become one of the top ten places to avoid (Fodor’s 2018)? Precariously positioned between China and India, Burma’s population has suffered dictatorship, natural disaster, and the dark legacies of colonial rule. But when decades of military dictatorship finally ended and internationally beloved Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi emerged from long years of house arrest, hopes soared. World leaders such as Barack Obama ushered in waves of international support. Progress seemed inevitable. As historian, former diplomat, and presidential advisor, Thant Myint-U saw the cracks forming. In this insider’s diagnosis of a country at a breaking point, he dissects how a singularly predatory economic system, fast-rising inequality, disintegrating state institutions, the impact of new social media, the rise of China next door, climate change, and deep-seated feelings around race, religion, and national identity all came together to challenge the incipient democracy. Interracial violence soared and a horrific exodus of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees fixed international attention. Myint-U explains how and why this happened, and details an unsettling prognosis for the future. Burma is today a fragile stage for nearly all the world’s problems. Are democracy and an economy that genuinely serves all its people possible in Burma? In clear and urgent prose, Myint-U explores this question—a concern not just for the Burmese but for the rest of the world—warning of the possible collapse of this nation of 55 million while suggesting a fresh agenda for change.
Everything Is Broken
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Author : Emma Larkin
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Press HC
Release Date : 2010
Everything Is Broken written by Emma Larkin and has been published by Penguin Press HC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Political Science categories.
A deeply reported account of life inside Burma in the months following the disastrous Cyclone Nargis and an analysis of the brutal totalitarian regime that clings to power in the devastated nation.
Burmese Days
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Author : George Orwell
language : en
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Release Date : 2022-09-28
Burmese Days written by George Orwell and has been published by Wildside Press LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-28 with Fiction categories.
Burmese Days is George Orwell's first novel, originally published in 1934. Set in British Burma during the waning days of the British empire, when Burma was ruled from Delhi as part of British India, the novel serves as a portrait of the dark side of the British Raj. At the center of the novel is John Flory, trapped within a bigger system that is undermining the better side of human nature. The novel deals with indigenous corruption and imperial bigotry in a society where natives peoples were viewed as interesting, but ultimately inferior. Includes a bibliography and brief bio of the author.
Trials In Burma
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Author : Maurice Collis
language : en
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date : 2015-05-21
Trials In Burma written by Maurice Collis and has been published by Faber & Faber this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-21 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"This is an unpretentious book, but it brings out with unusual clearness the dilemma that faces every official in an empire like our own." George Orwell Trials in Burma recounts Maurice Collis' experiences as a district magistrate in Rangoon in the late 1920s. The book recounts his gradual realisation that far from administering an impartial system of justice, he is expected to protect British interests. In a cool dispassionate style, Collis describes how, by choosing integrity over career, he eventually loses his job. "A brilliant, direct and extraordinarily vivid account of this troubled period...a masterly survey of the Burmese scene." Daily Mail
Everything Is Broken
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Author : Emma Larkin
language : en
Publisher: Granta Books
Release Date : 2011
Everything Is Broken written by Emma Larkin and has been published by Granta Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Burma categories.
A deeply reported account of life inside Burma in the months following the disastrous Cyclone Nargis and an analysis of the brutal totalitarian regime that clings to power in the devastated nation.