Burmese Days
A Novel
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Burmese Days
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Frederick Davidson
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George Orwell
Colonial politics in 1930 Kyauktada, India, come to a head when the European Club, previously for whites only, is ordered to elect one token native member. The deeply racist members do their best to manipulate the situation, resulting in the loss not only of reputations, but of lives.
Amidst this cynical setting, timber merchant James Flory stands as a bridge between the warring factions, a Brit with a genuine appreciation for the native people and culture. But he has trouble acting on his feelings, and the significance of his vote, both social and political, weighs on him. When Elizabeth Lackersteen arrives, blonde, eligible, and anti-intellectual, Flory finds himself the hapless suitor.
Orwell alternates between grand-scale political intrigue and nuanced social interaction, mining his own Colonial Indian heritage to create a monument of historical fiction.
©1934 George Orwell. © renewed 1962 by Sonia Pitt-Rivers (P)1992 Blackstone Audio, Inc.Commentaires
“A well-integrated, fast-moving story of what life was like in a remote backcountry Asiatic station.”
(Chicago Tribune)“An absorbing story…The character of Lieutenant Verrall (who despised the club members from his own superior heaven of army and blue blood) is a masterpiece of acid delineation.”
(New York Herald Tribune)“Can take an honorable place beside A Passage to India.”
(Saturday Review)“Orwell is a master at telling stories with bitter, satiric tone, and these adapt well to audio. Frederick Davidson reads with competence and just the right amount of affectation.”
(Library Journal)