Burmese Days 1st January 1970
This is Orwell sharing in no uncertain terms his views of the rule of the British Empire over Burma. A beautiful character study of Flory, with striking insight – this book is up there with Animal Farm and 1984!
Blogs in January 1970
From The Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey 1st January 1970
The book traces the author’s life from his Eden-like upbringing, his time at the University in Mandalay when the government started clamping down, and finally his time at Cambridge University. A fascinating and gripping of life in Burma, and...
Bridge on the River Kwai 1st January 1970
POWs, after the surrender of Singapore are taken by their Japanes captors to build a bridge. The current edition is a nod to the film, the original title being The Bridge over the River Kwai.
The Glass Palace 1st January 1970
Beginning in 1885, with the British invasion of Mandalay and the capture of the Burmese king and queen, and encompassing over 100 years to modern-day India and Burma (Myanmar), Amitav Ghosh has created in The Glass Palace a monument...
Border Run 1st January 1970
LOOKING FOR A NEW EXPERIENCE? TRY MURDER … Bored of the ‘mango smoothie’ trail and keen to spice up their Facebook albums, and maybe their sex lives, Jake and Will take a tour into China’s jungle borderland with Burma....
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