http://www.tnr.com/booksarts/story.html?id=f458c2c8-0d4f-4dc7-8cba-15e465c2201a&p=1
Why was it marketed as a memoir?
Why did he not write it as a novel (fiction)?
Oprah Show and book and film etc audiences also want "memoirs."
Sensationalism is the culprit.
I can think of several examples from the Burmese survivor/media world.
Kyi May Kaung
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https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=Famous+Chinese+tenors#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:12005ab7,vid:_d4ap5I_tmk,st:0
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https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/myanmars-crisis-the-world/us-sanctions-myanmar-and-russia-firms-arming-junta.html
