Burmese Days - George Orwell

Burmese Days
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Autor: George Orwell

 Wydawnictwo: Penguin
ISBN: 0141185376
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Oprawa: miękka
Stron: 320
Data wydania: 2001-01-01
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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 to offer Flory an escape from the 'lie' of the 'pukka sahib pose'.

Książka "Burmese Days"
George Orwell