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From the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey[绿鬼之境]

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作者: 著
出版社: HarperCollins UK
2003-06
ISBN: 9780007116829
定价: 80.50
装帧: 平装
开本: 其他
纸张: 其他
页数: 320页
正文语种: 英语
分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>历史
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  • Theastonishingstoryofayoungman’supbringinginaremotetribalvillageinBurmaandhisjourneyfromhisstrife-torncountrytothetranquilquadsofCambridge.Inlyricalprose,PascalKhooThwedescribeshischildhoodasamemberofthePadaunghilltribe,whereancestorworshipandcommunionwithspiritsblendedwiththetribe’srecentconversiontoChristianity.Inthe1930s,Pascal’sgrandfathercapturedanItalianJesuit,mistakinghimforagiantorawildbeast;theJesuitinturnconvertedthetribe.(ThePadaungarefamousfortheir‘giraffewomen’–so-calledbecausetheirnecksarerituallyelongatedwithornamentalcopperrings.Pascal’sgrandmotherhadbeenexhibitedinatouringcircusinEnglandasa‘freak’.)PascaldevelopedaloveoftheEnglishlanguagethroughlisteningtotheBBCWorldService,anditwaswhileworkingasawaiterinMandalaytopayforhisstudiesthathemettheCambridgedonJohnCasey,whowastoprovehissaviour.ThebrutalmilitaryregimeofNeWincrackeddownon‘dissidents’inthelate1980s.Pascal’sgirlfriendwasrapedandmurderedbysoldiers,andPascaltooktothejunglewithaguerrillaarmy.HowhewaseventuallyrescuedwithCasey’shelpisadramaticstory,whichendswithhisadmissiontoCambridgetostudyhisgreatlove,Englishliterature. PascalKhooThwewasbornin1968inaremotepartofBurma.HowhedevelopedapassionforEnglishliterature(specifically,JamesJoyce),becameinvolvedinthestudentresistancetosavagemilitaryrepression,escapedtoThailandandwonanEnglishdegreeatCambridgeUniversityisthestoryofthisremarkablebook.
  • 内容简介:
    Theastonishingstoryofayoungman’supbringinginaremotetribalvillageinBurmaandhisjourneyfromhisstrife-torncountrytothetranquilquadsofCambridge.Inlyricalprose,PascalKhooThwedescribeshischildhoodasamemberofthePadaunghilltribe,whereancestorworshipandcommunionwithspiritsblendedwiththetribe’srecentconversiontoChristianity.Inthe1930s,Pascal’sgrandfathercapturedanItalianJesuit,mistakinghimforagiantorawildbeast;theJesuitinturnconvertedthetribe.(ThePadaungarefamousfortheir‘giraffewomen’–so-calledbecausetheirnecksarerituallyelongatedwithornamentalcopperrings.Pascal’sgrandmotherhadbeenexhibitedinatouringcircusinEnglandasa‘freak’.)PascaldevelopedaloveoftheEnglishlanguagethroughlisteningtotheBBCWorldService,anditwaswhileworkingasawaiterinMandalaytopayforhisstudiesthathemettheCambridgedonJohnCasey,whowastoprovehissaviour.ThebrutalmilitaryregimeofNeWincrackeddownon‘dissidents’inthelate1980s.Pascal’sgirlfriendwasrapedandmurderedbysoldiers,andPascaltooktothejunglewithaguerrillaarmy.HowhewaseventuallyrescuedwithCasey’shelpisadramaticstory,whichendswithhisadmissiontoCambridgetostudyhisgreatlove,Englishliterature.
  • 作者简介:
    PascalKhooThwewasbornin1968inaremotepartofBurma.HowhedevelopedapassionforEnglishliterature(specifically,JamesJoyce),becameinvolvedinthestudentresistancetosavagemilitaryrepression,escapedtoThailandandwonanEnglishdegreeatCambridgeUniversityisthestoryofthisremarkablebook.
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