Burmese Days

Burmese Days
George Orwell
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h196 x 129mm - 304pg
21 Jan 2021 UK
9780198853701
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' . . . after all, natives were natives - interesting, no doubt, but finally . . . an inferior people' Based on his experiences as a policeman in Burma, George Orwell' s first novel is set during the end days of British colonialism, when Burma is ruled from Delhi as part of British India. In the fictional district of Kyauktada, based on Kathar, U Po Kyin, a corrupt Burmese magistrate, is planning to destroy the reputation of the IndianDr Veraswami. The doctor' s main protection is his friendship with John Flory who, as a European, has higher prestige. Dr Veraswami wants the privilege of becoming a member of the British club because he thinks that ifhis standing with the Europeans is good, U Po Kyin' s intrigues against him will not prevail. U Po Kyin begins a campaign to persuade the Europeans that the doctor holds disloyal, anti-British opinions, and believes anonymous letters with false stories about the doctor ' will work wonders' .
Rosinka Chaudhuri is Professor of Cultural Studies and Director of the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta (CSSSC). She has also translated and introduced the complete text of the letters Rabindranath Tagore wrote his niece Indira Debi as a young man, calling it Letters from a Young Poet (1887-94) (Penguin Modern Classics, 2014).
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ISBN-13: 9780198853701
Published: 21 Jan 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback
Height: 196mm
Width: 129mm
Spine: 16mm
Weight: 212g
Pages: 304

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