Name: Finding George Orwell in Burma
Rating: 4.4 (5 reviews)

Emma Larkin

A profile of the police state in Burma and its effect on the writings of George Orwell discusses the author's mother's origins in Burma, Orwell's work with the British Imperial Police, and local reverence for his literary works.

Finding George Orwell in Burma

"Finding George Orwell in Burma is the story of the year Emma Larkin spent traveling across this shuttered police state using the life and work of Orwell as her guide. Traveling from Mandalay and Rangoon to poor delta backwaters and up to the old hill-station towns in the mountains of Burma's far north, Larkin visits the places Orwell worked and lived, and the places his books live still. She brings to life a country and a people cut off from the rest of the world, and from one another, by the ruling military junta and its network of spies and informers."--BOOK JACKET.

Lewis John Fisher

A gorgeous travelogue and literary historical exploration, tinged with the tragic backdrop that is Burma. Larkin's voice is strong, and allows for the Burmese experience to seep through, both colonial-era Burma as well as in the modern day. I am so excited to read their other works, and I think the work they do pseudonymously is much-needed and much appreciated.

Finding George Orwell in Burma

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