From the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey by Thwe, Pascal Khoo

From the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey

"A page-turner...deeply moving, beautifully written, and most inspiring. When I reached the last page, my heart was...
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From the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey by Thwe, Pascal Khoo

From the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey

$31.80

From the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey

$31.80
Author: Pascal Khoo Thwe
Format: Paperback
Language: English

"A page-turner...deeply moving, beautifully written, and most inspiring. When I reached the last page, my heart was filled with joy and gratitude." -- Nien Chang, author of Life and Death in Shanghai

An emotionally charged and lyrically written memoir about a remarkable odyssey from a Burmese hill tribe and a land torn by civil war to Cambridge University.

It was during a tour on a trip through Burma that John Casey, a Cambridge don, first met Pascal Khoo Thwe, who was moonlighting in a Chinese restaurant to support himself as a student at Mandalay University. Thwe was born a member of the Padaung tribe in Burma where political turmoil and poverty are ever-present realities.

Thwe left school to join the student rebels during the great insurrection of 1988, but remained in touch with Casey. He was forced to flee the country. It was his connection to Casey that enabled him to emigrate to England where he was admitted to Cambridge University. Despite his humble beginnings and the oppression he faced, Pascal Khoo Thwe brings us into a world forgotten by the West, but one that readers will not soon forget.



Author: Pascal Khoo Thwe
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 12/02/2003
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.95h x 5.28w x 0.87d
ISBN: 9780060505233


Review Citation(s):
New York Times 12/21/2003 pg. 24
New York Review of Books 06/05/2014 pg. 54

About the Author
Thwe, Pascal Khoo: -

Pascal Khoo Thwe was born in 1967 in a remote part of Burma's Shan States. In 1989 he left for England and studied English at Cambridge University. He now lives in London. This is his first book.

Thwe, Pascal Khoo: -

Pascal Khoo Thwe was born in 1967 in a remote part of Burma's Shan States. In 1989 he left for England and studied English at Cambridge University. He now lives in London. This is his first book.

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