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Location Call # Volume Status
 Sherman Library  DS530.53.A85 A9513 2010    AVAILABLE  
Title Letters from Burma / Aung San Suu Kyi;illustrated by Heinn Htet.
Edition Di 1 ban.
OCLC 966001810
ISBN 9780141041445
0141041447
Publisher London : Penguin Books, 2010.
Description xi, 209 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
Other
Subject heading/s		 Aung San Suu Kyi.
LC Subject heading/s Aung San Suu Kyi.
Other
Subject heading/s		 Burma -- Politics and government -- 1988-
Burma -- Social conditions.
LC Subject heading/s Burma -- Politics and government -- 1988-
Burma -- Social conditions.
Contents Machine generated contents note: LETTERS FROM BURMA -- 1. The Road to Thamanya (1) -- 2. The Road to Thamanya (2) -- 3. At Thamanya (1) -- 4. At Thamanya (2) -- 5. The Peacock and the Dragon -- 6. Young Birds Outside Cages -- 7. Breakfast Blues -- 8. Christmas in Rangoon -- 9. New Year Notes -- 10. An Independent Performance -- 11.A Note on Economic Policy -- 12. Months and Seasons -- 13. Visiting Rites -- 14.A Baby in the Family -- 15. Days of Rest -- 16. Union Day Dances -- 17. An Eventful Week -- 18.A Few Introductions (1) -- 19.A Few Introductions (2) -- 20.A Special Introduction -- 21. Taking Tea -- 22. The Beautiful and the Ugly -- 23. Old Songs -- 24. Water Festival (1) -- 25. Water Festival (2) -- 26. Water Festival (3) -- 27.A Fishy Episode -- 28. Repairing the Roof -- 29. Rain Thoughts -- 30. Eight Years Ago -- 31.A Dissident's Life (1) -- 32.A Dissident's Life (2) -- 33.A Friend in Need -- 34. July: A Month of Anniversaries -- 35. Mystery Weekend -- 36.Communication -- 37. Death in Custody (1) -- 38. Death in Custody (2) -- 39. Death in Custody (3) -- 40. Teachers -- 41. Some Problems of Definition -- 42. Misrule of Law -- 43. Uncivil Service (1) -- 44. Uncivil Service (2) -- 45. Strange Siege -- 46. Sequel to the Siege -- 47. Continuum -- 48. Tribute -- 49. Operation Anarchy -- 50. Respite -- 51.A Normal Life.
Summary 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.
General note Previous ed.: London: Penguin, 1997.
"Reissued with a new introduction in Penguin Books 2010"--verso of t.p.
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