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  2. Mellemkrigstiden, 1919 til 1939
  3. 1920 til 1929

Burma Sahib

Af: Paul Theroux Engelsk Hardback

Burma Sahib

Af: Paul Theroux Engelsk Hardback
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''This novel is one of his finest in a long and redoubtable oeuvre'' William Boyd, New York Times

From renowned author Paul Theroux comes a fascinating, atmospheric novel inspired by George Orwell''s years in Burma

There is a short period in everyone''s life when his character is fixed forever . . . '' George Orwell

Eric Blair stood out amongst his fellow police trainees in 1920s Burma. Nineteen years old, unusually tall, a diffident loner fresh from Eton, after five years spent in the narrow colonial world of the Raj – a decaying system steeped in overt racism and petty class-conflict – he would emerge as the George Orwell we know.

Drawing on all his powers of observation and imagination, Paul Theroux brings Orwell''s Burma years to radiant life, tracing the development of the young man''s consciousness as he confronts the social, racial and class politics and the reality of Burma beyond. Through one writer, we come to understand another - and see how what Orwell called ''five boring years within the sound of bugles'' were in fact the years that made him.

One of John Irving’s best books of the 21st century

‘Thoroughly enjoyable . . . [Theroux’s] approach is like that of a skilful, subtle barrister who patiently lays out his evidence, gradually ensnaring the reader’ Times Literary Supplement

''Always a terrific teller of tales and conjurer of exotic locales'' Sunday Times

''The most gifted, most prodigal writer of his generation'' Jonathan Raban

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''This novel is one of his finest in a long and redoubtable oeuvre'' William Boyd, New York Times

From renowned author Paul Theroux comes a fascinating, atmospheric novel inspired by George Orwell''s years in Burma

There is a short period in everyone''s life when his character is fixed forever . . . '' George Orwell

Eric Blair stood out amongst his fellow police trainees in 1920s Burma. Nineteen years old, unusually tall, a diffident loner fresh from Eton, after five years spent in the narrow colonial world of the Raj – a decaying system steeped in overt racism and petty class-conflict – he would emerge as the George Orwell we know.

Drawing on all his powers of observation and imagination, Paul Theroux brings Orwell''s Burma years to radiant life, tracing the development of the young man''s consciousness as he confronts the social, racial and class politics and the reality of Burma beyond. Through one writer, we come to understand another - and see how what Orwell called ''five boring years within the sound of bugles'' were in fact the years that made him.

One of John Irving’s best books of the 21st century

‘Thoroughly enjoyable . . . [Theroux’s] approach is like that of a skilful, subtle barrister who patiently lays out his evidence, gradually ensnaring the reader’ Times Literary Supplement

''Always a terrific teller of tales and conjurer of exotic locales'' Sunday Times

''The most gifted, most prodigal writer of his generation'' Jonathan Raban

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 400
ISBN-13: 9780241633342
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 0241633346
Kategori: 1920 til 1929
Udg. Dato: 22 feb 2024
Længde: 36mm
Bredde: 164mm
Højde: 241mm
Forlag: Penguin Books Ltd
Oplagsdato: 22 feb 2024
Forfatter(e): Paul Theroux
Forfatter(e) Paul Theroux

Kategori 1920 til 1929

ISBN-13 9780241633342

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 400

Udgave

Længde 36mm

Bredde 164mm

Højde 241mm

Udg. Dato 22 feb 2024

Oplagsdato 22 feb 2024

Forlag Penguin Books Ltd

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