Finding George Orwell in Burma
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781101109571 (1101109572)
Publish date: March 6th 2006
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Travel,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Writing,
History,
Literature,
Cultural,
Journalism,
Politics,
Asian Literature,
Asia
Petra dug this and it's all kinds of interesting. I'd have to add that other book about Burma to my reading list, but so what?
Larkin describes how his time in Burma influenced Orwell and contributed to his novels, most obviously Burmese Days but also Animal Farm and 1984. However, this is not her point. Rather, she reverses the equation to use Orwell's life and writings as an organizing principle for describing Burma/Myanm...
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