Stories about Literature in Yangon
The Lady and the TramplersKenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,644] The title of this slim but fairly comprehensive volume derives from the fact that within Burma it has become customary to refer to pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi as "the Lady". As its author...
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Burma |
Yangon
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Regime UnchangedKenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,644] In Burma the other day on a visa run, it occurred to me that I was carrying Living Silence: Burma Under Military Rule by Christina Fink. Theoretically it could have been confiscated, or my person...
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Burma |
Yangon
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Orwell in BurmaKenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,644] Review of Orwell, George. Burmese Days [Harvest Books, 1989] * * * * * The late New Yorker critic A. J. Liebling once poked fun at Graham Greene for having robbed The Quiet American 's English...
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Burma |
Yangon
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Nocturne in Burma MinorKenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,644] Frankly my first instinct upon inspecting Daniel Mason's novel The Piano Tuner was to throw it across the room and maybe even kick it around a bit. A simple case of writer's envy, for Mr. Mason...
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Burma |
Yangon
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Burma's Iron LadyKenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,644] The year 2002 marks the fortieth anniversary of Burma's rule by an intransigent military dictatorship. While practically every other Southeast Asian nation has made some move toward democracy and...
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Burma |
Yangon
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Portrait of an Anti-heroKenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,644] Review of Tim O'Brien's Going After Cacciato , Broadway Books, 1999.
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India |
Ho Chi Minh City |
Burma |
Vientiane |
Laos |
Vietnam |
Yangon |
New Delhi
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Wearing the Pants in BurmaKenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,644] If there is one thing that books about contemporary Burma have in common, it is probably this: they are not funny. Only occasionally do they contain a scrap of Burmese black humor. For example, some...
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Burma |
Yangon
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Raise the Bamboo Curtain: A Journey into Burma, Cambodia and VietnamSteven K. Bailey - sbailey [7,770] The travel documentary Raise the Bamboo Curtain opens with a beautifully filmed sunrise sequence of ancient temples and fishermen quietly casting their nets into a tranquil Asian river. With jarring...
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Burma |
Yangon
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