Some novels about Burma I have recently read are Amitav Gosh's The Glass Palace, Amy Tan's Saving Fish from Drowning and Daniel Mason's The Piano Tuner. I think they are good, but not as good as the classics by George Orwell or Maurice Collis. These old authors lived in Burma. Moreover, they knew Burmese language and the people. The recent authors did not live in Burma. Their expressions lack some real touch, especially Amy Tan's.
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