George Orwell: Burmese Days (2008)

ISBN: 9780141185378

George Orwell: Burmese Days (2008)

ISBN: 9780141185378
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Burmese Days is the first novel George Orwell
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ISBN
9780141185378
Szerző
George Orwell
Oldalszám
320
Kötés
Puhakötés
Kiadó
PENGUIN BOOKS
Kiadási év
2008
Formátum
Könyv
Nyelv
Angol
Set in the days of the Empire, with the British ruling in Burma, "Burmese Days" describes both indigenous corruption and Imperial bigotry, when 'after all, natives were natives - interesting, no doubt, but finally only a 'subject' people, an inferior people with black faces'. Against the prevailing orthodoxy, Flory, a white timber merchant, befriends Dr Veraswami, a black enthusiast for Empire. The doctor needs help. U Po Kyin, Sub-divisional Magistrate of Kyauktada, is plotting his downfall. The only thing that can save him is European patronage: membership of the hitherto all-white Club. While Flory prevaricates, beautiful Elizabeth Lackersteen arrives in Upper Burma from Paris. At last, after years of 'solitary hell', romance and marriage appear tooffer Flory an escape from the 'lie' of the 'pukka sahib pose'.