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| Author(s) : Thant Myint-U |
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| ISBN : 0571217591 | | EAN : 9780571217595 | | Cover : Paperback | | Pages : 386 | | Size : 198 x 128mm | | Publisher : Faber & Faber | | Published : 2008 |
Category : Biography
Category 2 : Burma: Land and Culture
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Synopsis:
New paperback edition. This is the story of modern Burma and its history. Told in part through the author's own family history, it is an interwoven narrative that is by turns lyrical, dramatic and appalling. The author's maternal grandfather, U Thant, rose from being a schoolmaster of a small town in the Irawaddy Delta to become Secretary General of the United Nations in the 1960s. And on his father's side, the author is descended from a long line of courtiers who served at Burma's Court of Ava for nearly two centuries. Through their stories and others, this book portrays Burma's rise and decline in the modern world, from the time of Portuguese pirates and renegade Mughal princes through the decades of British colonialism, the devastation of World War II, and a sixty-year civil war that continues today and is the longest running conflict anywhere in the world.
"A revelation and represents by far the best introduction yet available to the modern history of Burma. Sad and poignant, intelligent and thought-provoking, the River of Lost Footsteps is a wonderfully well-written narrative." William Dalrymple.
"A balanced, fascinating, sometimes humerous account of nation-building, which offers many lessons for today's international interventions without ever simplifying the historical complexities of Burma." Rory Stewart. |
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