Lizard Cage [New Edition]
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| Author(s) : Connelly, Karen |
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| ISBN : 009950247X | | EAN : 9780099502470 | | Cover : Paperback | | Pages : 434 | | Size : 196 x 130mm | | Publisher : Vintage | | Published : 2008 |
Category : Burma: Land and Culture
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Synopsis:
New edition. A powerful fictional story set in Myanmar (Burma) which celebrates the human spirit in the midst of justice and violence, weaving the true repression and suffering of the Burmese people under a brutal regime into the tale.
Teza once electrified the people of Burma with his protest songs against the dictatorship. Arrested by the Burmese secret police in the days of mass protest, he is seven years into a twenty-year sentence in solitary confinement. Enduring the harsh conditions with Buddhist patience, resourcefulness, and humour, he searches for news and human connection in every being and object that is grudgingly allowed into his cell.
Despite his isolation, Teza has a profound influence on the world of the cage. He inspires the conscience-ridden senior jailer to radical change. His very existence challenges the brutal authority of the junior jailer. Even though his lackey, the criminal Sein Yun, sees compromising the singer as a ticket out of jail, Teza befriends him and thereby risks falling into the trap of forbidden conversation, food, and the most dangerous contraband of all - paper and pen.
"In a feat of epic vision, Karen Connelly uses her every art to tell the urgent story of what the New York Times calls "Myanmar, arguably the most repressive regime in the world." The suspense never relents. Hope is small, but it lives, strengthened by this powerful book." Maxine Hong Kingston.
"Thoroughly researched and passionately felt…a chilling and powerful story." Times Literary Supplement.
"An expertly constructed, often harrowing thriller." The Guardian. |
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