The autobiographical story of a young man's upbringing in a remote tribal village in Burma and his subsequent journey from his strife-torn country to the tranquil quads of Cambridge. Pascal Khoo-thwe describes his childhood and early days as a member of the Padaung hill tribe, where ancestor worship and communion with spirits blended with the tribe's recent conversion to Christianity. In the 1930s, Pascal's grandfather (and head of the clan) captured an Italian Jesuit, mistaking him for a giant or a wild beast; the Jesuit ...
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The autobiographical story of a young man's upbringing in a remote tribal village in Burma and his subsequent journey from his strife-torn country to the tranquil quads of Cambridge. Pascal Khoo-thwe describes his childhood and early days as a member of the Padaung hill tribe, where ancestor worship and communion with spirits blended with the tribe's recent conversion to Christianity. In the 1930s, Pascal's grandfather (and head of the clan) captured an Italian Jesuit, mistaking him for a giant or a wild beast; the Jesuit in turn converted the tribe. Paschal developed a love of the English language through listening with his father to the BBC World Service, and it was while earning money as a waiter in a restaurant in Mandalay to pay for his studies that he met the Cambridge don, John Casey, who was to prove his saviour. The brutal military regime of General Ne Win cracked down on "dissidents" in the late 1980s. Pascal's girlfriend was raped and murdered by soldiers, and Pascal, by now a student leader, took to the jungle along with an army of students. How he was eventually rescued with Casey's help is a dramatic part of the story, which ends when Pascal is admitted to Cambridge to study his great love - English literature.
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Very good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Signed by the author on the title page with phrase in Burmese. 23 illustrations. ISBN: 0-00-711681-0 Pages: 304 Neat name on front endpaper otherwise VG+ in slightly rubbed near VG+ dust jacket.
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0007116810. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY-customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery.; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 320 pages.
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Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Inscribed By Author (UK) Presumed 1st edition, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR with his email address and a phrase in Burnese, no other markigns, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Boards, 304pp, index, B&W photos and line drawings. From the jacket: "an ironic book about the innocence of tribal life, the absurdity of the Burmese road to Socialism, the perils of rebellion, and the painful benefits of exile". (1.9 JM HOQ 103/b2.