Summary
A moving tale of two siblings discovering family and identity amid the cultural echoes of war-torn pasts.
Yumisan, a young Japanese teacher, arrives in Myanmar to teach at the Yangon Institute of Foreign Languages, carrying a deep admiration for Burmese culture and language, which she studied passionately in Japan. Yet, her journey holds a deeper purpose: to reunite with her half-brother, Maung Maung, born from her father’s second marriage in Myanmar after her mother’s death in Japan.…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9789815323696 |
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| ISBN-10: | 9815323695 |
| Author: | Journal Kyaw Ma Ma Lay |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House SEA |
| Imprint: | Penguin Random House SEA |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 24 March 2026 |
| Weight: | 366g |
| Dimensions: | 29mm x 136mm x 215mm |
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Journal Kyaw Ma Ma Lay
Journal Kyaw Ma Ma Lay (Author)
Journal Kyaw Ma Ma Lay is often regarded as one of the foremost Burmese writers of the 20th century. She authored nearly twenty books, along with numerous articles and short stories. Many of her contemporaries, as well as younger writers, recognize her as a literary genius who had a unique gift for transforming everyday events into compelling narratives. Her works reflect the lives, struggles, and aspirations of modern Burmese society, resonating deeply with readers across generations.
Ma Ma Lay was also one of Burma’s few prominent female authors during her time. She became the president of the Writers Association in 1948 and won two top Burmese Literary Prizes for Not Out of Hate, A Slow Stream of Thoughts, and Burmese Medicine Tales. She passed away in 1982 at the age of sixty-five.
San Shwe Baw (Translator)
San Shwe Baw holds a B.A. in English from the Institute of Education, Yangon, Burma, an advanced diploma in English Language Teaching (DELT) from the University of Leeds, U.K., and an M.A. in TESOL from St. Michael’s College, U.S.A. He retired recently as an Assistant Professor at the Theodore Maria School of Arts, Assumption University, Thailand, where he served for nearly three decades. Before moving to Thailand in 1994, he spent twelve years as an English tutor at Yangon University and Sittwe College.
His English language teaching articles have been published in both Thailand and the United States. San Shwe Baw is the author of five novels: The Astrologer’s Predictions, Enslaved by English, Love by Fate, I Gave My Life for Thee, and A Candle in Darkness. These works have been published in Myanmar. His fourth novel, I Gave My Life for Thee, the English translation of the Burmese novel Myay Si Mel Mel Thway Yel Yel, won the prestigious 10th Mekong Literary Award. Additionally, two more books translated from Burmese to English are expected to be published soon.
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