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| Map | ||
| Foreword | ||
| Pt. 1 | Idyll of the Tribe | |
| Prologue: Imagined Journeys | 3 | |
| 1 | The Goddess of Creation | 7 |
| 2 | Grandfather's Domain | 20 |
| 3 | Learning to Love the General | 44 |
| 4 | A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Padaung | 51 |
| 5 | Death of a Footballer | 65 |
| 6 | Hunters and Hunted | 76 |
| 7 | The Shaking of the Dead | 83 |
| 8 | A Spoiled Priest | 95 |
| 9 | To the Land of Green Ghosts | 108 |
| Pt. 2 | Revolution and Flight | |
| 10 | 'Never, Never Argue' | 117 |
| 11 | Moe | 128 |
| 12 | Worth Only One Bullet | 136 |
| 13 | By Courtesy of James Joyce | 146 |
| 14 | The Whirlwind: Moe's Fate | 155 |
| 15 | SLORC | 168 |
| 16 | The Reluctant Flight | 178 |
| 17 | The Great River at Last | 189 |
| 18 | With the Rebels | 198 |
| 19 | Guns and Ghosts | 205 |
| 20 | 'Like Alcestis from the Grave' | 214 |
| 21 | Staying Alive | 222 |
| 22 | An Impossible Hope | 231 |
| 23 | Talking to the Enemy | 236 |
| Pt. 3 | Rescue | |
| 24 | Defeat: Escape into Thailand | 247 |
| 25 | The Rescue | 256 |
| 26 | Learning Words of Civility | 268 |
| 27 | Gate of Humility: Cambridge | 272 |
| 28 | Reunions with Old Ghosts - and a Farewell | 285 |
| 29 | Gate of Honour: Graduation | 290 |
| Epilogue | 294 | |
| Index | 297 |
| Price | Condition | Delivery | Seller | Action |
| $99.99 | Digital |
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Carla Gant
reviewed From the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey on January 16, 2018
From the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey
This is an extraordinary story of one man's journey from a tribal village in the jungles of Burma to his graduation with honours in English Literature at the University of Cambridge. It was particularly interesting to read of his student days in Mandalay and his growing awareness of the political turmoil in Burma and the need for him to take an active part.
Having read George Orwell's novel "Burmese Days" and the first volume of a biography of Aung San Sun Kyi helped me to have a little more understanding of the recent history of Burma, whose tragedy is still unfolding.
A sobering and powerful story, and a reminder of what a fortunate life I have led.
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