ISBN: 0140264035
Godina izdanja: 1997
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

Aung San Suu Kyi - Letters from Burma
Penguin, 1997
209 str.
meki povez
stanje: vrlo dobro
Introduction by Fergal Keane

Since November 1995, Aung San Suu Kyi has been writing a weekly column in a Japanese newspaper in which she gives her impressions of the political, cultural and social scene in Burma today: subjects range from what the Burmese have for breakfast, through a description of her first visit after release from house arrest to a national shrine, to overt political pieces on the repression in the country. The result is 52 pieces, all illustrated by a Burmese artist, which provide an overall picture of the country today.

`For the last decade of Burma`s traumatic history, Aung San Suu Kyi - winner of the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize - has been the inspirational leader of attempts to restore democracy to her country. In these fifty-two pieces, originally written for a Japanese newspaper and begun soon after her release from house arrest, she paints a vivid, poignant yet fundamentally optimistic picture of her native land.` `She evokes the country`s seasons and scenery, customs and festivities, and describes an inspirational pilgrimage to the Buddhist abbot of Thamanya. She celebrates the courageous army officers, academics and actors who have supported the National League for Democracy, often at great personal risk, and she sets out a comprehensive programme for economic reform. A passionate advocate of better health care and education, and the need for ethical foreign investment in Burma`s future, Aung San Suu Kyi reveals an acute insight into the impact of political decisions on ordinary people`s lives. She examines the terrible traumas inflicted on children of imprisoned dissidents - children allowed to see their parents for fifteen minutes every fortnight - the effect of inflation on the national diet and of state repression on traditions of hospitality.`--Jacket

Contents:
The road to Thamanya (1)
The road to Thamanya (2)
At Thamanya (1)
At Thamanya (2)
The peacock and the dragon
Young birds outside cages
Breakfast blues
Christmas in Rangoon
New year notes
An independent performance
A note on economic policy
Months and seasons
Visiting rites
A baby in the family
Days of rest
Union Day dances
An eventful week
A few introductions (1)
A few introductions (2)
A special introduction
Taking tea
The beautiful and the ugly
Old songs
Water festival (1)
Water festival (2)
Water festival (3)
A fishy episode
Repairing the roof
Rain thoughts
Eight years ago
A dissident`s life (1)
A dissident`s life (2)
A friend in need
July: a month of anniversaries
Mystery weekend
Communication
Death in custody (1)
Death in custody (2)
Death in custody (3)
Teachers
Some problems of definition
Misrule of law
Uncivil service (1)
Uncivil service (2)
Strange siege
Sequel to the siege
Continuum
Tribute
Operation anarchy
Respite
A normal life
Year end


Nonfiction Politics History Asia Biography Memoir Essays, Asian Literature, Biography Memoir, 0140264035