![]() ![]() John Flory is a rapidly ageing bachelor who has squandered his adulthood in Burma (in so many respects similar to That this was to be his last posting the novel he set here reveals his utter contempt for the British Raj.īurmese Days tells a simple story of doomed love. His disenchantment with the imperial ideal meant Young Eric Blair (Orwell was a pen-name) clearly regretted his choice of Burma for his Indian Police Service career by the time he was dispatched to Katha in 1926.Īfter a string of unprestigious postings he found himself in another remote town among a handful of dull Europeans. No great monuments, no notable pagodas to visit here we have stopped for a different reason,įor Katha - or Kyauktada to give it its fictional name - is immortalised as the setting for George Orwell's 1934 debut novel Burmese Days. The RV Kindat Pandaw glides effortlessly into the jetty at the little town of Katha in Upper Burma. Pinder, Who celebrates George Orwell's devastating critique of British Burma in the last years of the Raj. Back To Blogs / Blogs / Nov 2016 Decline and fall: Orwell's Burmese Days For the second of our selection of the essential reads on Pandaw country, our guest contributor is self-confessed "Pandaw junkie" Charlotte ![]()
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