Golden Earth
Travels in Burma
Published on 16. December 2011
295 pages
978-1-906011-90-1 (ISBN)
Description
Despite communist incursions and tribal insurrection, Norman Lewis describes a land of breathtaking natural beauty peopled by the gentle Burmese. This is a country where Buddhist belief spares even the rats, where the Director of Prisons quotes Chaucer and where three-day theatrical shows are staged to celebrate a monk taking orders. Hitching lifts with the army and travelling merchants, Lewis is treated to hospitality wherever he stops in this war-torn land, and reveals a country where ‘the condition of the soul replaces that of the stock market as a topic for polite conversation'.
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Content
- Intro
- Golden Earth
- Contents
- Foreword
- Rangoon
- Preparations
- Dramatic Entertainment
- Excursion to the Deep South
- Mergui
- Conducted Tour
- Burmese Gaol
- To Mandalay
- Kings and a Prince
- Anawrahta's Pagoda
- By Lorry to Lashio
- The Northern Shans
- Protective Custody
- Nam Hkam Bazaar
- Circuit House, Bhamó
- The Jade Country
- Down the Irrawaddy
- A Mild Alarm
- Rangoon Express
- Rival Parties
- The Buffalo Dance
- The Shwedagon
- Index
- About the Author
