Burmese Days
$19.53
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
27 May 2014
Summary
Burmese Days: A Novel of Colonial Burma
Orwell’s debut novel, a powerful exploration of colonial Burma, reimagined with a striking new cover.
Set amidst the British Empire’s reign in Burma, Burmese Days unveils the intertwined realities of local corruption and Imperial prejudice. It portrays a world where “natives were natives” – seen as interesting yet ultimately inferior, a “subject” race with darker skin.
Flory, a white timber merchant, defies convention …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141395432 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0141395435 |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
| Author: | George Orwell |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 27 May 2014 |
| Weight: | 178g |
| Dimensions: | 181mm x 111mm x 17mm |
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About The Author
George Orwell
Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950), better known by his pen-name, George Orwell, was born in India, where his father worked for the Civil Service. An author and journalist, Orwell was one of the most prominent and influential figures in twentieth-century literature. His unique political allegory Animal Farm was published in 1945, and it was this novel, together with the dystopia of Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), which brought him world-wide fame. His novels and non-fiction include Burmese Days, Down and Out in Paris and London, The Road to Wigan Pier and Homage to Catalonia.
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