In lyrical prose, this text recounts the story of a young man's upbringing in a remote tribal village in Burma and his journey from his strife-torn country to the tranquil quads of Cambridge University[...]
Traces the life of a former Burma student rebel leader who won a Human Rights Watch award in 2002, describing his tribal upbringing, experiences with political turmoil and poverty, participation in the insurrection of 1988, and flight to England, where he attended college. Reprint. 25,000 first prin[...]
Dette er historien til den unge mannen Pascal Khoo Thwe som har vokst opp i Burmas Padaung-stamme, kjent for sine "giraffhals-kvinner", og hans reise fra det krigsherjede landet til rolige Cambridge. Når hans kjæreste blir voldtatt og drept av soldater, slutter Pascal seg til geriljaen for å kjem[...]