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Set in Burma in the 1920‘s this describes British imperialism and racism in that time. A group of white men who are members of a club that really has no purpose other than drinking decide who can and can‘t join. The characters are vile but Orwell manages to inject some humour into his writing making this more of an enjoyable read than I thought

Starting the day with tea, toast, and Orwell.

#ReadingAsia2021 was fun challenge, a lot of so-so books, but interesting countries to explore through literature. The biggest positive surprised for me was Orwell‘s Burmese Days, and my two favourite books from this challenge: family saga The Eight Life by N. Haratischvili, and light cozy mystery Aunty Lee‘s Chilled Revenge by Ovidia Yu. My book for Tibet was Child of Tibet by Soname Yangchen, but unfortunately, the country isn‘t on the map.

The story is set in #Myanmar and fantastically outlines imperialism, racism and colonialist thinking. The characters are very diverse in their desires (some are too comical for my taste) but they all share their superior beliefs. My only major complaint is rushed ending.
I don‘t know why, but I had a lot of resistance toward this book. My attitude, when I started with reading, was - let‘s get over with it, but to my surprise I really liked it.

Last #weeklyforecast for February 😲 Only two books for Reading Asia challenge and one audiobook just for fun🥴

This is Pride & Prejudice gone bad- but most definitely not a bad book. Definitely some prep for 1984, a love affair always going wrong, wrapped up in oppression, repression and entitled racism; and that‘s not even the half of it.

Beautiful

Story focuses on a group of British imperialists in Burma in the 1920s. An astonishing cavalcade of despicable characters, each more vile and loathsome than the last. Orwell spent five years in Burma in the military police, and this was the first novel he wrote. You can feel him seething with indignation as he writes, and you seethe along with him. Savagely well written.

#Myanmar #burma #readaroundtheworld Finally finished the first novel by Orwell which already shows his hatred for imperialism and racism. It is full of clear, precise descriptions of Burma in the days of the British Raj and is populated by loathsome characters of every ethnicity, although the British top the pile. One is only mildly hoping for the least loathsome of the colonial white degenerates to triumph. I continue to read more about Burma.

A severely #underratedread and my favorite ending to any book ever...which probably says a lot about me, unfortunately. #riotgrams

#librarybookhaul part 1

#aprilbookshowers #setinsoutheastasia Have you read any? 😊

Anyone with one of these knows exactly what I mean. 🙀

The novel gives one a good feel for the time of the place and it's nicely interwoven with the plot. So much drama!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Pooches don't care if it's the weekend or a week day... They want breakfast to be served at 6am sharp... Oh well... Who needs sleep anyways?? 😴