| Description |
237 pages ; 23 cm |
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Glossary and brief outline of historical events (pages 231-237). |
| Summary |
Have Fun in Burma follows Adela, just out of high school, through her summer of self-discovery. Inspired by her friendship with a Burmese political refugee who works in the cafeteria of her prestigious college prep school, Adela decides to spend her summer seeing the world. Armed with conviction and adolescent self-assurance, she signs up with Myanmar Volunteers United. For three months, shes to teach English to the monks at a Buddhist monastery. Instead, she gets a series of lessons of her own, each set against the backdrop of the countrys Buddhist-Muslim conflict -- adapted from Foreward review |
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Buddhist monasteries -- Fiction.
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Volunteers -- Fiction.
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Religious fundamentalism -- Fiction.
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Burma -- Fiction.
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| Genre |
Novels.
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Political fiction.
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Religious fiction.
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Bildungsromans.
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| ISBN |
9780875807775 paperback |
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0875807771 paperback |
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