- Editorial:
- ELAND
- Matèria:
- Viatgers Contemporanis
- ISBN:
- 978-0-907871-38-5
- EAN:
- 9780907871385
- Pàgines:
- 296
- Idioma:
- ANGLES
GOLDEN EARTH
TRAVELS IN BURMA
Norman Lewis describes a land of breath-taking natural beauty peopled by the gentle Burmese. This is a country where Buddhist beliefs spare 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 with travelling merchants, Lewis is treated with hospitality wherever he stops in this war-torn land, and reveals a country where the condition of the soul replaces that of the stock markets as a topic for polite conversation.