Letters from Burma
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
Letters from Burma
AUTHOR:
Aung San Suu Kyi.
Htet, Heinn.
Keane, Fergal.
ISBN:
9780141041445
UNIFORM_TITLE:
Biruma kara no tegami. English
PUBLICATION_INFO:
London : Penguin Books, reissue 2010.
PHYSICAL_DESC:
xi, 209 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm
GENERAL_NOTE:
Translation of: Biruma kara no tegami.
Originally published in 1997.
ABSTRACT:
Uses a letter format with fifty-two selections to describe the struggles in her native Burma. Focuses on attempts to restore democracy, economic reform, and to reduce the suffering of children who were permitted to see their imprisoned parents for fifteen minutes every two weeks. Also provides information on the impact of inflation and the repression of their traditions of hospitality.
SUBJECT_TERM:
SUBJECT:
| Women politicians -- Burma -- Biography. |
| Burma -- Description and travel. |
| Burma -- Social life and customs. |
| Burma -- Politics and government. |
BIBSUMMARY:
Uses a letter format with fifty-two selections to describe the struggles in her native Burma. Focuses on attempts to restore democracy, economic reform, and to reduce the suffering of children who were permitted to see their imprisoned parents for fifteen minutes every two weeks. Also provides information on the impact of inflation and the repression of their traditions of hospitality.