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by Rory MacLean (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 208 pages
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd; First Edition edition (3 Aug 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0002570130
  • ISBN-13: 978-0002570138
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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An evocation of contemporary Burma from the author of STALIN'S NOSE and THE OATMEAL ARK. Through his intense studies of the lives of the individual Burmese he encounters, MacLean reveals their patient endurance, fragility and charm, and makes us feel the weight of the oppressive military regime under which they labour.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Under the Dragon, 22 Oct 2003
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This review is from: Under the Dragon: Travels in Burma (Paperback)
This is a poignant, sympathetic and deeply moving read. With grace and style the author has woven together living voices from a lost land.
If you are thinking of visiting Burma, this is a book to read before you go. Because no one should merely be a tourist in their tragedy. If you would never visit Burma under present circumstances, then this is a book to read. Because the people need you to hear their voice. And if you have already visited Burma, then you should read this book. Because in it's sadness it is filled with beauty and perfume and peace.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A quest makes a frightening and alien culture accessible, 13 Feb 2002
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This review is from: Under the Dragon: Travels in Burma (Paperback)
This evocative book has haunted me since I first read it last year.

Rory MacLean weaves the story of his search for traditional Burmese culture (in the form of an antique basket)together with the tragic and profoundly moving lives of some contemporary Burmese. His harrowing and potentially deadly experience at the work's climax, takes his story and experience of Burma far beyond traditional travel literature, as his terror, on the one hand, and frustration and sadness about the destruction of Burmese traditions, on the other, grippingly recall the fear and loss of his earlier subjects.

As he was in his earlier works, the author, is an intriguing character in this book. His uniquely personal involvement in the story and first person narration make the experience immediate and compelling, and as the reader finds herself drawn into his accessible story of the quest, so she gains rare knowledge of what might have remained unknowable: Burma and its people. The basket story not only creates suspense and unifies the book; in a small way, it brings the reader into the drama and emotion experienced by contemporary Burmese.

This book transcends its genre, and warrants reading and rereading. I highly recommend it.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Burma - a sensitive account of a harrowing experience., 20 Jan 2002
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Delicately told, a blurred, dreamlike account of a quest pursued through the country most people still know best as Burma. The quest, ostensibly, is for a particular type of basket, rare and elusive. In the larger view the book describes a quest for the personality of a nation. This personality is gradually revealed, through various uncomfortable and often uneasy adventures, and through all manner of fleeting encounters. The story is told with great sensitivity, and the picture is far from pretty.
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