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Honest and evocative, George Orwell’s first novel is an examination of the debasing effect of empire on occupied and occupier.Burmese Days focuses on a handful of Englishmen who meet at the European Club to drink whisky and to alleviate the acute and unspoken loneliness of life in 1920s Burma—where Orwell himself served as an imperial policeman—during the waning days of British imperialism.
6 de jun. de 2016 · Burmese Days is, in my opinion, Orwell's magnum opus. I have enjoyed multiple perusals of Burmese Days alongside G.A. Henty's On the Irrawaddy: A Tale of the first Burmese War.
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The book’s publication in 1933 earned him some initial literary recognition. Orwell’s first novel, Burmese Days (1934), established the pattern of his subsequent fiction in its portrayal of a sensitive, conscientious, and emotionally isolated individual who is at odds with an oppressive or dishonest social environment.
Burmese Days, written by George Orwell and published in 1934, is a critique of British imperialism and its effects on individuals and cultures.Set in the fictional district of Kyauktada in Upper Burma, at that time part of the British Raj, the novel tells the story of Flory, a 35-year-old English timber merchant who has spent his adult life in Burma.
Chapter 1. U Po Kyin, Sub-divisional Magistrate of Kyauktada, in Upper Burma, was sitting in his veranda. It was only half past eight, but the. month was April, and there was a closeness in the air, a threat of. the long, stifling midday hours. Occasional faint breaths of wind,
4 de jun. de 2009 · Burmese Days. George Orwell. Penguin UK, Jun 4, 2009 - Fiction - 352 pages. Based on his experiences as a policeman in Burma, George Orwell's first novel presents a devastating picture of British colonial ruleBurmese Days describes corruption and imperial bigotry in a society where, 'after all, natives were natives'.
