{"product_id":"libro-los-dias-de-birmania","title":"Burmese Days (Edición definitiva avalada por The Orwell Estate)","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA superb novel about the abuses of colonial power in Burma, written by one of the great critics of imperialism.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe protagonist of \u003ci\u003eBurmese Days\u003c\/i\u003e, Mr. Flory, is a representative of a timber company relegated to a remote province. His open-mindedness towards the natives brings him closer to Dr. Veraswami, who, after falling out of favor with U Po Kyin, the powerful and corrupt local sub-magistrate, needs his patronage to become part of the Kyauktada social club, until now a stronghold of the white community. On the other hand, the arrival of Elizabeth Lackersteen, a charming and capricious young woman, will almost literally cause an earthquake in the small community.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeorge Orwell was born in India in 1903, but at just one year old he moved with his mother and siblings to England. He did not return to the Asian continent until he was nineteen, to join the colonial police in Burma. This novel —the first by the brilliant writer— is the result of those years.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis edition, endorsed by The Orwell Foundation, faithfully follows the definitive text of the author's complete works, established by Professor Peter Davison.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCritics said:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e«A perfect novel, exciting and of astonishing maturity.»\u003cbr\u003eSoledad Puértolas\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e«\u003ci\u003eBurmese Days\u003c\/i\u003e remains the only major text representing the fascinating and far-reaching connection between George Orwell and Burma. [But] in today's Burma there's a joke that Orwell didn't write just one novel about the country, but three: \u003ci\u003eBurmese Days\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAnimal Farm\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003e1984\u003c\/i\u003e.»\u003cbr\u003eEmma Larkin\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"George Orwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43060843938040,"sku":"9788483466575","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/4897\/5608\/products\/P86657A_db4cc097-9299-4a13-aacf-2de2931d833c.jpg?v=1658621201","url":"https:\/\/ellector.com.pa\/es\/products\/libro-los-dias-de-birmania","provider":"Librerías El Lector Panamá","version":"1.0","type":"link"}