Modern Classics Burmese Days (Penguin Modern Classics)
By George Orwell.
Description
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 allwhite Club While Flory prevaricates bea...
ISBN(s)
0141185376, 9780141185378
