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Winner of the 2002 Kiriyama Prize in Nonfiction In 1988 Dr John Casey, a Cambridge don visiting Burma, was told of a waiter in Mandalay with a passion for the works of James Joyce. Intrigued by this unlikely story, he visited the restaurant, where he met Pascal Khoo Thwe. The encounter was to change both their lives.Pascal grew up as a member of the tiny, remote Kayan Padaung tribe, famous for their 'giraffenecked' women. The Padaung practiced a combination of ancient animist and Buddhist customs mixed with the Catholicism introduced by Italian missionaries. Theirs was a dream culture, a world in which ancestors were worshipped and ghosts were a constant presence. Pascal was the first member of his community ever to study English at university. But in Burma, English books were rare, and independent thought was discouraged. Photocopies of the few approved texts would be passed from student to student, while tuition consisted of lecturers reciting essays that the students learned by rote.Within a few months of his chance meeting with Dr Casey, Pascal's world lay in ruins. Successive economic crises brought about by Burma's military dictatorship meant he had to give up his studies. The regime's repression grew more brutal, and Pascal's student-lover, who had become involved in the movement for democracy, was arrested, raped and finally murdered by the armed forces. Pascal fled to the jungle, becoming a guerrilla fighter in the life-or-death struggle against the government and seeing many of his friends and comrades die in battle. At a moment of desperation, he remembered the Englishman he had met in Mandalay and wrote him a letter, with little expectation of ever receiving a reply.Miraculously, the letter reached its destination on the other side of the world. Not only that, it would lead to Pascal's being rescued from the jungle and enrolling to study English at Cambridge University, the first Burmese tribesman ever to do so.From the Land of Green Ghosts is the autobiographical tale of a remarkable triumph of hope over despair, and of an encounter between two very different worlds. Hauntingly and poetically written, it unforgettably evokes the realities of life in modern-day Burma and one young man's long journey to freedom despite almost unimaginable odds. From the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey Jetcom where he is the first Burmese tribesman ever to attend From the Land of Green Ghosts unforgettably evokes From the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey From the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey From the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey [Pascal Khoo Thwe] on *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers In 1988 Dr John Casey From the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey (review) From the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey Pascal Khoo Thwe is a Burmese tribesmana Kayan Padaung from the From the Land of Green Ghosts : From The Land Of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey celebrated author of The Land of the Green Ghosts From the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey is now visiting the country of his birth From the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey AbeBookscom: From the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey (9780060505233) From the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey (Paperback) Pascal Khoo Thwe From the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey From the Land of Green Ghosts has 1059 ratings and 136 reviews Start by marking From the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey as Want to Read: From the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey From the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey by Pascal Khoo Thwe All Formats From the Land of Green Ghosts Copyright by Pascal Thwe From the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey Shop From the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders From The Land of Green Ghosts is his autobiography From the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey (review) raised in a magical world of ghosts and goblins And more importantly a contribution to Burmese witness From the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey From the Land of Green Ghosts A Burmese Odyssey get started finding From The Land Of Green Ghosts A Burmese Odyssey you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed
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