- Imperialismo, Fiction, Imperialism, Colonias
Burmese Days is set in 1920s imperial Burma, in the fictional district of Kyauktada. The story involves U Po Kyin, a corrupt Burmese magistrate, who works to destroy the reputation of the Indian Dr. Veraswami, so he (Kyin) can be admitted to the European Club instead of the more likely Dr. Veraswami. The Doctor's main protection is his friendship with John Flory who, as a pukka sahib (European white man), has higher prestige. U Po Kyin, however, succeeds and is admitted to the club. Racism and classism undergird the actions of the major characters. Kyin plans to redeem his life and cleanse his sins by financing pagodas. He dies of apoplexy before he can even start on building the first pagoda and his wife envisages him returning to life as a frog or rat. --modified slightly from www.wikipedia.com.
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Classical in form, prestige, grave and bleak.
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- cooloverwhelming
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- Author
- George Orwell
- First published
- 1934
- Pages
- 288
- Publisher
- Ivrea, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 1st World Library
- Editions
- 125
- Language
- Chinese, Swedish, German, French
- ISBN
- 9798507129003
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“U PO KYIN, Subdivisional Magistrate of Kyauktada, in Upper Burma, was sitting in his veranda.”
George Orwell, originally born as Eric Arthur Blair, was an English novelist and journalist. His work is marked by keen intelligence and wit, a profound awareness of social injustice, an intense, revolutionary opposition to totalitarianism, a passion for clarity in language and a belief in democratic socialism. ([Source][1].) [1]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell
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