About this title: The author, who was born in 1967, recounts his life from his childhood in a Burmese mountain tribe to his experiences in Mandalay studying English, to student life in Cambridge. Along the way, he provides a harrowing picture of the changes that overcame Burma after the political upheavals that transformed it into the repressive country of Myanmar. A New York Times Notable Book for 2003.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins
Date Published: 11/2002
ISBN-13:9780060505226ISBN:0060505222
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 320 p. Contains: Illustrations. read more
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Just a litle edgewear. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 304 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780060505233ISBN:0060505230
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 304 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. In 1988, Dr. John Casey, a professor visiting Burma, meets a waiter in Mandalay with a passion for the works of James Joyce, and the encounter changes both their lives. Pascal, a member of the Kayan Padaung tribe, was the first member of his community to study English at a university. Within months of his meeting with Dr. Casey, Pascal's world lay in ruins. Burma's ... read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780007116829ISBN:0007116829
Description: Fair. Paperback, larger format, a good reading copy. Your book will be securely packed and promptly dispatched from our UK warehouse. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780007116812ISBN:0007116810
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Perennial
Date Published: 2003-12-01
ISBN-13:9780060505233ISBN:0060505230
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780060505233. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780060505233ISBN:0060505230
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Edition: 2nd Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins, New York
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780060505226ISBN:0060505222
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Book is clean and tight, bottom of spine has very small bump. Biography of a young Burmese man who becomes the first tribesman to go to England to study. His first book. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, New York
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780060505226ISBN:0060505222
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. First edition. First printing. Very good in very good dust jacket. Hard cover xvi, 304 p. Illustrated. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780007116812ISBN:0007116810
Description: Very Good. CLOTH HARDBACK, in a lightly rubbed and bumped dust jacket. Clean and tight with minor wear. Over twenty years selling secondhand books. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Flamingo, London, United Kingdom
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780007116829ISBN:0007116829
Description: Near Fine. "A wonderfully moving account of growing up in a "dream culture" in a remote Burmese village where it was considered natural to see and talk to ghosts". -Sunday Telegraph. Unread copy which shows signs of light shelf wear. Next post UK dispatch. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper Collins
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780007116812ISBN:0007116810
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Prev owner's name on ffep. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket with just some very light shelfwear. read more
Edition: NEW ED
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780007116829ISBN:0007116829
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 320 pages. (320 pages) in lyrical prose, this text recounts the story of a young man's upbringing in a remote tribal village in burma and his journey from his strife-torn country to the tranquil quads of cambridge university 16 illustrations edition new ed (Paperback) read more
"From the country who gave me nightmares, comes a definitely amazing memoir of an minority ethnic who chose his fate to be student and finally speaks up for what has been happening inside his closed country. Khoo Thwe must have a photographic memory to be able to recount the whole details and a burning spirit to remember all the atrocities. His opinions and conclusions also aptly described the actual conditions of present Myanmar (Burma).
A must read for anybody who's doing any regional studies and those who enjoy traveling."
"After reading Amy Tan's Saving Fish From Drowning, I was really interested in finding out more about Burma/Myanmar and found this book. It is a memoir written by a Burmese student who eventually gets out of Burma to go study and live in England. His tale captures the state of affairs in Burma, which is pretty bad, and shows his tenacity in getting out to follow his intellectual pursuit."
"I read this sometime during our recent 6-month kitchen-that-became-much-more-than-that remodelling of our home. I just saw it under a screwdriver bit box and some blue painter's tape on my nightstand, and realized I hadn't said anything about it. This was an engrossing read; terrifying, pathetic, and unbelievable all at the same time. I was immediately overwhelmed with the Deus ex Machina experience of this remarkable young man, and his amazingly lucky opportunity to go to Oxford and study. Just staying alive as he tried to escape was miraculous. Then the wonder of the scribbled piece of paper that actually got to someone who had the means to return and try to help him is almost too much. His simple writing style artificially supresses the violence and terror that was his experience. I would love to hear more voices from this population."
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