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Letters from Burma

Author: Aung San Suu Kyi
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Category: Book

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Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars

3 reviews
Sales Rank: 99434

Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.2 x 0.7

ISBN: 0140264035
Dewey Decimal Number: 959.105
EAN: 9780140264036
ASIN: 0140264035

Publication Date: July 31, 1997
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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars

a Revelation December 18, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

What a fantastic book. Aung San Suu Kyi led her democratic party to victory in the first supposedly open Burmese Elections in the nineteen eighties. Since then her party has been victimised, the fascist government refusing to let them come to power, and she has been under house arrest for much of the time since. She has been cut off from her family in England and has suffered much (her husband died of cancer while she was under house arrest). In this series of letters written for a Japanese newspaper, she sums up her life, her achievements, her feelings about Burma and its state over the course of a year.
These are wonderful letters, inspirational, truthful, always with a core of dignity and hope for the future. She tells the truth about her country, describing it as both beautiful and cruel, never flinching from the unpalatable, and always ready to celebrate what is joyful and uplifting.
Necessary if you are interested in any way in the history and culture of Burma and its peoples, but also if you are interested in the fight to protect and provide basic human rights.

5 out of 5 stars

Inspirational December 26, 2004
15 out of 15 found this review helpful

Living in the UK, I've become disillusioned with our politicians. Reading about Burma & this lady's tenacity has changed my thinking. This book is fantastic, it's revitalised my faith in what a democracy is about. It's a fantastic read. I wholeheartedly and unreservedly recommend this book!

5 out of 5 stars

Wonderfully evocative book by a truly amazing woman June 3, 2002
21 out of 22 found this review helpful

Aung San Suu Kyi combines tragedy, passion, humour and most of all courage in this wonderful evocative book on her homeland. For anyone with a passing interest in Burma this is of course highly recommended. However, everyone should find time for this short book as I am confident that we will be hearing a lot more from this quite amazing woman in the coming years.