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In this book, the author tells about the historical and political situation of Burma through the lens of George Orwell and his novels. It's an interesting premise, since Orwell spent a lot of time in Burma, but it just didn't really pan out. At the beginning I was really into the book, I even went to the library and checked out a few of Orwell's novels, planning to read them concurrently with this book. I quickly learned that I'm not all that interested in Orwell. I just got bored when reading p
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This book is a travel journal by an American journalist who lives in THailand and visits Burma. In this book she visits all of the places where George Orwell lived during his 5 years as a British police officer. She discusses how these places and experiences had influenced all his novels especially Nineteen Eight-Four, Animal Farm and of course, Burmese Days. I read this book immediately after reading Orwell's Burmese Days and that made the information more entertaining. It was also quite a good
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Apr 19, 2016
Kristin
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