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Have Fun in Burma : A Novel / Rosalie Metro.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: NIU Southeast Asian SeriesPublisher: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2020]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 1 online resource (245 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781501757112
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 813/.6 23
LOC classification:
  • PS3613.E889 H384 2018
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- A Dream -- Ko Oo -- The Slap -- Kala -- The Gate -- Sabeh -- Savage Customs -- Sickness, Aging, and Death -- The Mustard Seed -- Thiha -- Dukkha -- Paradise -- Burmese Days -- Patience -- An Invitation -- The So-Called Rohingya -- Mango Season -- The Kids -- The Idea Only -- Coexist -- Have Courage -- The Amulet -- The Horror, the Horror! -- The Next Life -- Author’s Note -- Brief Outline of Historical Events Mentioned in This Novel -- Glossary of Terms, Public Figures, and Events
Summary: Adela Frost wants to do something with her life. When a chance encounter and a haunting dream steer her toward distant Burma, she decides to spend the summer after high school volunteering in a Buddhist monastery. Adela finds fresh confidence as she immerses herself in her new environment, teaching English to the monks and studying meditation with the wise abbot. Then there's her secret romance with Thiha, an ex-political prisoner with a shadowy past. But when some of the monks express support for the persecution of the country's Rohingya Muslim minority, Adela glimpses the turmoil that lies beneath Burma's tranquil surface. While investigating the country's complex history, she becomes determined to help stop communal violence. With Thiha's assistance, she concocts a scheme that quickly spirals out of control. Adela must decide whether to back down or double down, while protecting those she cares about from the backlash of Buddhist and Muslim extremists. Set against the backdrop of Burma's fractured transition to democracy, this coming-of-age story weaves critiques of "voluntourism" and humanitarian intervention into a young woman's quest for connection across cultural boundaries. This work of literary fiction will fascinate Southeast Asia buffs and anyone interested in places where the truth is bitterly contested territory.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- A Dream -- Ko Oo -- The Slap -- Kala -- The Gate -- Sabeh -- Savage Customs -- Sickness, Aging, and Death -- The Mustard Seed -- Thiha -- Dukkha -- Paradise -- Burmese Days -- Patience -- An Invitation -- The So-Called Rohingya -- Mango Season -- The Kids -- The Idea Only -- Coexist -- Have Courage -- The Amulet -- The Horror, the Horror! -- The Next Life -- Author’s Note -- Brief Outline of Historical Events Mentioned in This Novel -- Glossary of Terms, Public Figures, and Events

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Adela Frost wants to do something with her life. When a chance encounter and a haunting dream steer her toward distant Burma, she decides to spend the summer after high school volunteering in a Buddhist monastery. Adela finds fresh confidence as she immerses herself in her new environment, teaching English to the monks and studying meditation with the wise abbot. Then there's her secret romance with Thiha, an ex-political prisoner with a shadowy past. But when some of the monks express support for the persecution of the country's Rohingya Muslim minority, Adela glimpses the turmoil that lies beneath Burma's tranquil surface. While investigating the country's complex history, she becomes determined to help stop communal violence. With Thiha's assistance, she concocts a scheme that quickly spirals out of control. Adela must decide whether to back down or double down, while protecting those she cares about from the backlash of Buddhist and Muslim extremists. Set against the backdrop of Burma's fractured transition to democracy, this coming-of-age story weaves critiques of "voluntourism" and humanitarian intervention into a young woman's quest for connection across cultural boundaries. This work of literary fiction will fascinate Southeast Asia buffs and anyone interested in places where the truth is bitterly contested territory.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)