- Politics and government, Social conditions, Burma, politics and government, Asia, social conditions
Uses a letter format with fifty-two selections to describe the struggles in her native Burma. Focuses on attempts to restore democracy, economic reform, and to reduce the suffering of children who were permitted to see their imprisoned parents for fifteen minutes every two weeks. Also provides information on the impact of inflation and the repression of their traditions of hospitality.
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- contemporarynostalgic
- contemplativerelentless
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- Author
- Aung San Suu Kyi
- First published
- 2010
- Pages
- 209
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780141041445
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