In one of the most brilliant and intrepid memoirs in recent memory, Emma Larkin
tells of the year she spent travelling through Burma, using as a compass the lif
e and work of George Orwell, whom many of Burma's underground teahouse intellect
uals call simply "the prophet". In stirring, insightful prose, she provides a po
werful reckoning with one of the world's least free countries. Finding George Or
well in Burma is a brave and revelatory reconnaissance of modern Burma, one of t
he world's grimmest and most shuttered dictatorships, where the term "Orwellian"
aptly describes the life endured by the country's people.
This book has come
to be regarded as a classic of reportage and travel and a crucial book for anyo
ne interested in Burma and George Orwell.
