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Zusatztext Praise for Miss Burma : Longlisted for the 2017 National Book Award Longlisted for the 2018 Women’s Prize for Fiction A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice A New York Times Book Review Paperback Row Selection An Amazon Best Book of the Month (Literature & Fiction) KCRW Bookworm Best Books of 2017 An Indie Next Selection “ Miss Burma is a timely exposition of trust after trauma. [It] also serves as a much-needed recalibration of history, one that redresses the narrative imbalance by placing other ethnic, non-Burmese points of view at the center of its story . . . In reimagining the extraordinary lives of her mother and grandparents, Craig produces some passages of exquisitely precise description . . . and brings one of Burma’s many lost histories to vivid life.” — New York Times Book Review “This multigenerational saga portrays the emergence of modern Burma—through British colonialism, wartime occupation by the Japanese, and the independence era . . . Craig ably controls the novel’s historic sweep, and is unsparing in providing details of meticulous torture and wartime horror. She also conveys a strong sense of family.” — New Yorker (Briefly Noted) “[An] epic new novel . . . The sweeping, multi-generational story of a family belonging to the Karen ethnic minority, Miss Burma charts both a political history and a deeply personal one—and of those incendiary moments when private and public motivations overlap.” — Los Angeles Times “An epic roman à clef . . . Craig . . . masterfully renders the human condition in matters micro and vast . . . Like many of the best books, Miss Burma feels rooted in its time and place, while also laying bare timeless questions of loyalty, infidelity, patriotism, and identity—not to mention the globally perpetuated unfair treatment of women.” — Elle “[A] riveting account of the treacheries, fractures, and courageous acts of wartime.” —Jane Ciabattari, BBC (Ten Books to Read in May) “Craig expects a good deal of her audience in terms of their appetite for Burmese history, and I hope that many will rise to the occasion, because the rewards are rich . . . Craig has called writing this novel ‘a political act’; it is also clearly a deeply personal one. She weaves those threads together for us, showing us the ordinary human failings behind what often seem like clear-cut cases of good and evil . . . While this novel cannot untangle ethnic identity from tribalism, it is a courageous attempt to broaden the way we see others and ourselves, both personally and politically, at home and abroad.” —Rosalie Metro, Los Angeles Review of Books “A gorgeously-written novel that illuminates the universalities of fear and the desires for dignity and freedom.” — Literary Hub (15 Books to Read This May) “A story of how modern-day Burma came to be, as well as the tale of one of the most violent and turbulent eras in world history played out. At once beautiful and heartbreaking . . . An incredible family saga.” — Refinery29 (Favorite Books of 2017—So Far) “An ambitious novel . . . Miss Burma is powerful in showing the relentless effect of the political on the personal while covering an important swath of history—and all the while telling an awfully good story.” — Christian Science Monitor “While the book is set in Burma, its real subjects are love and beauty over generations. I was knocked out by the ambition and accomplishment of Charmaine Craig’s novel. And, yes, there is a beauty pageant and you will meet Miss Burma.” —Michael Silverblatt, KCRW Bookworm “ Miss Burma . . . throbs with brutality, insight and authenticity, taking us deep into the hum...
