Burmese Days - Softcover

George Orwell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8170262070 ISBN 13: 9788170262077

Publisher: Heritage Publishers,New Delhi, 2005

Synopsis

Burmese Days was first published in the United States, by Harper & Brothers, in October 1934. It was Orwell's second book to be published and his first novel. It draws on his experiences serving in the Indian Imperial Police in Burma (some preliminary sketches survive on Government of Burma paper). he resigned from the Burma Police in autumn 1927 'because he disliked putting people into prison for doing the same things which he should have done in their circusmtances'. Orwell was convinced that publication of his novel in England would be impeded by the India Office because of his exposure of the evils of colonialism - his title, so appropriate to a volume of conventional memoirs, is subtly ironic - but his difficulties proved quite different. Victor Gollancz, though keen to publish Burmese Days, feared action for defamation and libel. After modification, an English version was brought out in June 1935. Although at the time Orwell considered the changes required to be 'trifling', he later rejected the English edition as 'garbled'. However, as well as forced changes, it does include genuine authorial revisions, something which Orwell had forgotten.

About this title

Book Description:

Volume 2 from The Complete Works of George Orwell, available for the first time.

From the Back Cover:

In this caustic, fast-paced novel about the waning days of British imperialism, George Orwell draws on his years of experience in India, the country of his birth. The story focuses on a handful of Englishmen living in a small settlement in Upper Burma. They congregate in the European Club, drinking whiskey and arguing over an impending order to admit a token Asian.

About this edition

• Publisher: Heritage Publishers,New Delhi
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 8170262070
• ISBN 13: 9788170262077
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288