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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'.
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Golden Earth, Norman Lewis
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- Released
- 2003
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- Title
- Golden Earth
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Norman Lewis
- Publisher
- Eland Publishing Ltd
- Released
- 2003
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0907871380
- ISBN13
- 9780907871385
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Historical Themes, History, Maps & Travel, True Stories, Religion & Spirituality, Biographies, Travel, Religious Topics, Religion, Buddhism, Asia
- Rating
- 4.05 out of 5
- 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'.