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Letters From Burma

Letters from Burma" - an unforgettable collection from the Nobel Peace prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi. In these astonishing letters Aung San Suu Kyi reaches out beyond Burmas borders to paint for her readers a vivid and poignant picture of her native land. Here she celebrates the courageous army officers academics actors and everyday people who have supported the National League for Democracy often at great risk to their own lives. She reveals the impact of political decisions on the people of Burma from the terrible cost to the children of imprisoned dissidents - allowed to see their parents for only fifteen minutes every fortnight - to the effect of inflation on the national diet and of state repression on traditions of hospitality. She also evokes the beauty of the countrys seasons
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    Letters from Burma"
    - an unforgettable collection from the Nobel Peace prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi. In these astonishing letters Aung San Suu Kyi reaches out beyond Burmas borders to paint for her readers a vivid & poignant picture of her native l&. Here she celebrates the courageous army officers academics actors & everyday people who have supported the National League for Democracy often at great risk to their own lives. She reveals the impact of political decisions on the people of Burma from the terrible cost to the children of imprisoned dissidents
    - allowed to see their parents for only fifteen minutes every fortnight
    - to the effect of inflation on the national diet & of state repression on traditions of hospitality. She also evokes the beauty of the countrys seasons & scenery customs & festivities that remain so close to her heart. Through these remarkable letters the reader catches a glimpse of exactly what is at stake as Suu Kyi fights on for freedom in Burma & of the love for her homeland that sustains her non-violent battle.

    Includes::     an introduction from Fergal Keane: " Aung San Suu Kyi has become a global symbol of peaceful resistance courage & apparently endless endurance". (" Guardian"). "A real hero in an age of phony phone-in celebrity which hands out that title freely to the most spoiled & underqualified". (Bono " Time"). Aung San Suu Kyi is the leader of Burmas National League for Democracy. She was placed under house arrest in Rangoon in 1989 where she remained for almost 15 of the 21 years until her release in 2010 becoming one of the worlds most prominent political prisoners. She is also the author of the collection of writings " Freedom from Fear"."

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