Finding George Orwell in Burma - Audio CD

from MarkBeronte

Over the years the American writer Emma Larkin has spent traveling in Burma, also known as Myanmar, she's come to know all too well the many ways this brutal police state can be described as "Orwellian." The life of the mind exists in a state of siege in Burma, and it long has. But Burma's connec...

from untraveller

Interesting and nicely done. Enjoyed the chapter-by-chapter approach as to Orwell's time in Burma. The material dealing with the time of Orwell's stay was the most interesting.

from HankIII

A long time ago, in my high school English class, we were assigned Orwell's Burmese Days. I didn't enjoy it at that time because I was a young, unfocused rebellious snit. Many years later, I read that old copy and enjoyed it. Last year, my ol' high school English teacher gave me a copy of Finding...

from Crazymamie

This book is just so unique, filled with interesting facts and summations, it tells the story of a journalist's efforts to retrace the footprints that George Orwell left when he spent five years in service there in the 1920s. Emma Larkin gives us more than a travelogue; she gives us an inside loo...

from mfeldman51

This is interesting in its look at how Orwell's experiences in Burma shaped his thought. The "travel" part of the book is less compelling, probably because so few people could speak freely to the author. Orwell predicted that.