From the Land of Green Ghosts - A Burmese Odyssey

Zusatztext One man's astonishing journey from strife-torn Burma to Cambridge - A wonderfullife-enhancing personal story - 'Deserves to become a Wild Swans of thisnew century.' Spectator- Film option already sold. Informationen zum Autor Pascal Khoo Thwe Klappentext "A moving story that travels from a remote hill village to modern Cambridge by way of a brutal regime and the struggle of decent, ordinary people to counter it. A thrilling and fascinating page-turner." 'Sunday Times' A member of a tiny, remote Burmese tribe famous for their 'giraffe-necked' women, student Pascal Khoo Thwe was forced to flee to the jungle during the rise of the corrupt military dictatorship. His lover had been arrested, raped and murdered by the armed forces, and Pascal became a guerrilla fighter. But a chance meeting with Dr. John Casey, a Cambridge Don visiting Mandalay, would change both their lives forever. Overcoming seemingly insurmountable obstacles and danger, the two men strike up a scholarly correspondence that would take Pascal from the brutal hardships of guerrilla warfare to the hallowed world of Cambridge University. This is the moving true story of his extraordinary life and miraculous journey. "More than a record of an astonishing life, this book is a work of art." 'Financial Times' "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' Zusammenfassung The astonishing 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.

Product details

• Authors: Pascal Khoo Thwe, Khoo Thwe Pascal, Pascal Khoo Thwe
• Publisher: Flamingo
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.03.2003
• EAN: 9780007116829
• ISBN: 978-0-00-711682-9
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 197 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Harper Collins Paperbacks; Harper Collins Paperbacks
• Subjects: Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales > Asia; Myanmar, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, Autobiography: general, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, HISTORY / Essays, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Asian History, Literary essays, Myanmar (Burma), Ne Win;Daw Aung San Suu Kyi