The Purple Plain by H.E. Bates

The Purple Plain

H.E. Bates

312 pages first pub 1947 (editions)

fiction classics historical emotional reflective slow-paced
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During 1945 H. E. Bates spent some time in Burma and India with the aim of writing about the Burmese war for American readers. The experience inspired three ‘Asian novels’, one of which was “The Purple Plain”. After returning to England he heard a...

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