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Burma was once the richest country in Asia.
Now, it is the poorest country in Asia.
This book was his first novel. This was written before he became famous as the authors of “1984” and “Animal Farm”. The book was rejected by several publishers mainly because the characters resembled real people and the publishers feared the libel laws.
According to this book, many of the British officers in Burma took Burmese mistresses and fathered illegitimate children by them. The children were left behind when the British had pulled out by 1947. It should be possible to locate the fathers by DNA testing.
George Orwell was born Eric Arthur Blair on 25 June 1903 in British India. In 1924, Orwell got a job as a policeman near Rangoon. There he started working on this book. At that time, Burma was not an independent country but was part of India. British Burma became separated from British India in 1937 after Orwell left. He died on 21 January 1950. This book was his first novel. This was written before he became famous as the authors of "1984" and "Animal Farm". The book was rejected by several publishers mainly because the characters resembled real people and the publishers feared the libel laws.
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- EditorialIshi Press
- Año de publicación2018
- ISBN 10 4871871967
- ISBN 13 9784871871969
- EncuadernaciónTapa blanda
- Número de páginas294
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