The River of Lost Footsteps: Histories of Burma by Thant Myint-U [in Bloomsbury Review]
01 May, by in Adult Readers, Memoir, Myanmarese (Burmese), Nonfiction, Repost
Interweaving his own multigenerational family history, Thant thoughtfully presents the troubled story of his homeland from ancient times to its colonized modern legacy. Thant’s grandfather, U Thant, figures prominently in the title, once a small town...