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Miss Burma
Taschenbuch von Charmaine Craig
Sprache: Englisch

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"Miss Burma tells the story of modern-day Burma through the eyes of Benny and Khin, husband and wife, and their daughter Louisa. After attending school in Calcutta, Benny settles in Rangoon, then part of the British Empire, and falls in love with Khin, a woman who is part of a long-persecuted ethnic minority group, the Karen. World War II comes to Southeast Asia, and Benny and Khin must go into hiding in the eastern part of the country during the Japanese Occupation, beginning a journey that will lead them to change the country's history.
After the war, the British authorities make a deal with the Burman nationalists, led by Aung San, whose party gains control of the country. When Aung San is assassinated, his successor ignores the pleas for self-government of the Karen people and other ethnic groups, and in doing so sets off what will become the longest-running civil war in recorded history. Benny and Khin's eldest child, Louisa, has a danger-filled, tempestuous childhood and reaches prominence as Burma's first beauty queen soon before the country falls to dictatorship. As Louisa navigates her newfound fame, she is forced to reckon with her family's past, the West's ongoing covert dealings in her country, and her own loyalty to the cause of the Karen people.
Based on the story of the author's mother and grandparents, Miss Burma is a captivating portrait of how modern Burma came to be and of the ordinary people swept up in the struggle for self-determination and freedom."
"Miss Burma tells the story of modern-day Burma through the eyes of Benny and Khin, husband and wife, and their daughter Louisa. After attending school in Calcutta, Benny settles in Rangoon, then part of the British Empire, and falls in love with Khin, a woman who is part of a long-persecuted ethnic minority group, the Karen. World War II comes to Southeast Asia, and Benny and Khin must go into hiding in the eastern part of the country during the Japanese Occupation, beginning a journey that will lead them to change the country's history.
After the war, the British authorities make a deal with the Burman nationalists, led by Aung San, whose party gains control of the country. When Aung San is assassinated, his successor ignores the pleas for self-government of the Karen people and other ethnic groups, and in doing so sets off what will become the longest-running civil war in recorded history. Benny and Khin's eldest child, Louisa, has a danger-filled, tempestuous childhood and reaches prominence as Burma's first beauty queen soon before the country falls to dictatorship. As Louisa navigates her newfound fame, she is forced to reckon with her family's past, the West's ongoing covert dealings in her country, and her own loyalty to the cause of the Karen people.
Based on the story of the author's mother and grandparents, Miss Burma is a captivating portrait of how modern Burma came to be and of the ordinary people swept up in the struggle for self-determination and freedom."
Über den Autor
Charmaine Craig
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Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Genre: Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 368
Inhalt: 358 S.
ISBN-13: 9781611855074
ISBN-10: 1611855071
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Craig, Charmaine
Auflage: Main
Hersteller: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Maße: 198 x 128 x 25 mm
Von/Mit: Charmaine Craig
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.11.2018
Gewicht: 0,272 kg
preigu-id: 110922938
Über den Autor
Charmaine Craig
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Genre: Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 368
Inhalt: 358 S.
ISBN-13: 9781611855074
ISBN-10: 1611855071
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Craig, Charmaine
Auflage: Main
Hersteller: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Maße: 198 x 128 x 25 mm
Von/Mit: Charmaine Craig
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.11.2018
Gewicht: 0,272 kg
preigu-id: 110922938
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