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Burmese days
Burmese days






burmese days

Some of the problems can be traced to crudities in the novel, which was Orwell's first.

burmese days

(She does everything but clasp her hands and sigh, "My hero!") Sadly, any potential for a ripping yarn remains unrealized in this leaden stage adaptation, which makes for a pretty tough slog. The novel that came out of his experiences, "Burmese Days," was banned in India for many years for its unflattering portrayal of British colonial rule, though it also includes many elements of pulp adventure: an exotic locale, a corrupt official who tries to destroy an innocent man, a native rebellion, and a shameless romantic episode in which the conflicted hero rescues a damsel in distress from a rampant rhino. A very good copy.George Orwell did some time in the Burmese military police, and as anyone who has read him can attest, he was far too decent a man to be a cheerful servant of the Raj. Vertical crease to cocked spine, slightly rubbed, couple of faint ring-stains on rear cover, tiny wear to corners, front free endpaper neatly excised, half-title browned, occasional small marks to contents but free from foxing. Harrods Circulating Library blind stamp on rear pastedown. Original black cloth, spine lettered in green. I liked it and recommend it to anyone who enjoys a spate of efficient indignation, graphic description, excellent narrative, excitement, and irony tempered with vitriol" (New Statesman, 6 July 1935). The author loves Burma, he goes to great length to describe the vices of the Burmese and the horror of the climate, but he loves it, and nothing can palliate for him, the presence of a handful of inefficient complacent public school types who make their living there. It is a crisp, fierce, and almost boisterous attack on the Anglo-Indian. Cyril Connolly reviewed Burmese Days as "an admirable novel.

burmese days

For the British edition, Orwell changed the names of characters based on real people and wrote a new author's note, spuriously claiming that "all the characters in this book are entirely fictitious". The work was initially rejected by Gollancz amid concerns that its caustic critique of colonialism might be considered libellous to those portrayed, so it was first published in America the previous year. Burmese Days was based on Orwell's service in the Indian Imperial Police in Burma from 1922 to 1927.

burmese days

First British edition, first impression, of the author's first novel and second book, following Down and Out in Paris and London (1933).








Burmese days