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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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Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. "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 ShanghaiAn 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. "Khoo Thwe, born in 1967, debuts with a remarkable portrait of his childhood in Phekhon, 'the only Catholic town in Burma, ' among the Padaung people, a subtribe of the Karenni, known for what outsiders call our 'giraffe women' because of their necks being elongated by rings."--"Publishers Weekly." Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Codice articolo 9780060505233
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