Synopsis
In Burmese Days, George Orwell, one of the most famous writers in the English language, draws on his own experience of living and working in Burma to write an unflinching novel about the dark side of imperialism.
Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful...
Details
07 January 2021352 pages
9781529032680Imprint: Macmillan Collector's Library
Reviews
A scathing portrait of the imperious attitudes of the British.New York Times
Of all the fictions about colonial rule – A Passage to India, The Raj Quartet, Out of Africa – Burmese Days is the angriest, rawest, most scathing and least sentimental.The Times
A scathing indictment of imperialism, exposing the dark face of British rule in the subcontinent.Hindu
Orwell draws on his own experience and what’s so striking is how the uncomfortable echoes of that time still reverberate today among some expatriate circles in the region . . . A vaguely Austen feel permeates the romantic subplot; the ending is devastating.Travelfish
