KyiMayKaung

Burma, America, The World, Art, Literature, Political Economy through the eyes of a Permanent Exile. "We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the oppressed. Sometimes we must interfere. . . There is so much injustice and suffering crying out for our attention . . . writers and poets, prisoners in so many lands governed by the left and by the right." Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize Speech, 1986, Oslo. This entire site copyright Kyi May Kaung unless indicated otherwise.

Friday, March 07, 2025

Quite sad, based on Evelyn Waugh's novel of the same name--A Handful of Dust--

On Amazon Prime--

rich Brits before WW II, and an "expedition" to the real Amazon river basin, not the successful conglomerate.

I don't know how accurate the "local langauge" is though.

Very Buddhist, rather amazing.

No wonder the title sounded familiar.

Kyi May

3-6-2025

KyiMayKaung

Friday, March 07, 2025

Quite sad, based on Evelyn Waugh's novel of the same name--A Handful of Dust--

NYT book review on JG Ballard's short stories.

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