by Peter Hobley Davison, George Orwell
Though uttered in much more genteel circumstances than the setting of this book, Mr. Darcy's timeless put-down of Meryton society in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice can't fail to come to mind when referring to the characters populating George Orwell's first novel. Burmese Days is, down to the last...
Terrific novel - an absolute pleasure to read. Spiteful, provocative, twisted and malevolent, the story is a real surprise.
Sketch-map of KyauktadaIntroductionA Note on the Text--Burmese Days
This book is as one might think from Orwell an indictment of colonialism. Focusing on the machinations of getting native Burmese into a small white's only club, several people are consumed and destroyed in the process.The book gets better as it goes along. It is at times very good, but it is writt...
I only made it through a tenth of this book before tossing it. It starts off very racist, bigoted and demeaning for both the reader and the subject. I had heard that this was a good book, but after giving it a try, it's just not for me. No stars. DNF'd
Another great Orwell novel. Not quite as great as Coming Up For Air or Clergyman's Daughter, but definitely better than Aspidistra. I really enjoyed it, which is odd considering it is unremittingly bleak throughout. The book brilliantly evokes colonial life in Burma in the early 20th century and ...
At an early stage of his life George Orwell might have had serious problems in relating with women. It was probably a matter of not sharing the same interests. One can easily picture the twenty something Eric Arthur Blair talking about literature, poetry, politics with the wrong sort of women, assum...
While certainly a different creature from his dystopian novels, 'Burmese Days' is no less bleak and critical. This time, instead of taking on corrupt government explicitly or allegorically, Orwell set his sights on the people who perpetuate the worst attititudes of the British Empire.I thought I kne...
An interesting story that gives insight into the cultural of both the colonials and the Burmese people of the time.Bit depressing.
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