
Burmese Days
A new edition of Orwell''s debut novel, introduced and annotated by his biographer, D. J. Taylor
First published in 1934, and a bitter souvenir of Orwell''s time as a servant of the British Raj, Burmese Days follows the slow decline of John Flory, as he tries to steer a path between the bores of the Kyauktada club, the machinations of the native magistrate U Po Kyin and his love for a visiting Engl...
A new edition of Orwell''s debut novel, introduced and annotated by his biographer, D. J. Taylor
First published in 1934, and a bitter souvenir of Orwell''s time as a servant of the British Raj, Burmese Days follows the slow decline of John Flory, as he tries to steer a path between the bores of the Kyauktada club, the machinations of the native magistrate U Po Kyin and his love for a visiting Engl...