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Burmese Days George Orwell

Burmese Days By George Orwell

Burmese Days by George Orwell


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Burmese Days is a scathing satire of British colonialism in Burma, featuring an introduction by journalist and writer David Eimer.

Burmese Days Summary

Burmese Days by George Orwell

In Burmese Days, George Orwell, one of the most famous writers in the English language, draws on his own experience of living and working in Burma to write an unflinching novel about the dark side of imperialism.

Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition features an introduction by journalist and writer David Eimer.

John Flory is a disillusioned timber merchant based in the remote town of Kyauktada in 1920s Burma. Whilst his English peers gather night after night to drink and gossip in their exclusive club, Flory has embraced local life – his best friend is Dr Veraswami and his mistress is Ma Hla May. The slow, sticky, hot days are interrupted by the arrival of the young and beautiful Elizabeth. And when the club is forced to elect a non-white member, Flory is caught up in an increasingly hostile and dangerous feud.

Burmese Days Reviews

A scathing portrait of the imperious attitudes of the British. * New York Times *
Of all the fictions about colonial rule – A Passage to India, The Raj Quartet, Out of AfricaBurmese Days is the angriest, rawest, most scathing and least sentimental. * The Times *
A scathing indictment of imperialism, exposing the dark face of British rule in the subcontinent. * Hindu *
Orwell draws on his own experience and what’s so striking is how the uncomfortable echoes of that time still reverberate today among some expatriate circles in the region . . . A vaguely Austen feel permeates the romantic subplot; the ending is devastating. * Travelfish *
Orwell can write . . . in Burmese Days he has written a malodorous, realistic novel of the white man in the east, as he really is. * Kirkus Reviews *

About George Orwell

Eric Arthur Blair (George Orwell) was born in 1903 in India, where his father was a civil servant. After studying at Eton, he served with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma for several years, and this inspired his first novel, Burmese Days. After two years in Paris, he returned to England to work as a teacher and then in a bookshop. In 1936 he travelled to Spain to fight for the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War, where he was badly wounded. During the Second World War he worked for the BBC. A prolific journalist and essayist, Orwell wrote some of the most influential books in English literature, including the dystopian Nineteen Eighty-Four and his political allegory Animal Farm. He died from tuberculosis in 1950.

Additional information

GOR013573358
9781529032680
1529032687
Burmese Days by George Orwell
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Pan Macmillan
2021-01-07
352
N/A
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