num_pages: 290
description: Despite communist incursions and tribal insurrection Norman Lewis describes a land of breath-taking natural beauty peopled by the gentle Burmese. This is a country where Buddhist beliefs spare even the rats where the Director of Prisons quotes Chaucer and where three-day theatrical shows are staged to celebrate a monk taking orders. Hitching lifts with the army and with travelling merchants Lewis is treated to hospitality wherever he stops in this war-torn land and reveals a country where 'the condition of the soul replaces that of the stock markets as a topic for polite conversation'.
language: English
title: Golden Earth: Travels in Burma
publisher: Eland Publishing