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glorialf Jul 24th, 2005 04:21 AM

Excellent new book on Burma
 
For those of you who have been or are going to Burma -- I just finished an excellent new book called "Finding George Orwell in Burma" by Emma Larkin. It is not a guidebook but is very insightful regarding the country politically and culturally today and says a lot about the people. I highly recommend it. It's also very readable as opposed to some of the other books I've read on Burma which are more scholarly and dense. I couldn't put it down.

nan_49 Jul 24th, 2005 05:25 AM

Thanks for the tip. I was looking for a good read on Burma before my trip!

Mealea Jul 24th, 2005 04:52 PM

glorialf, thanks for the good recommendation. I've just ordered it. Looks very interesting.

nan_49, another great book is "The Glass Palace." I read that after I came back from Myanmar and really loved it.

glorialf Jul 24th, 2005 07:52 PM

another one that is superb is "From the land of Green Ghosts".

nan_49 Jul 25th, 2005 03:21 AM

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll order these.


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