A review by skribobby
Letters from Burma by Aung San Suu Kyi

5.0

This book was a perfect companion to a week in Myanmar. Though it's 20 years old It helped to give me a clearer picture of so many whys of the country. It's a beautifully well rounded series of articles that suu Kyi wrote for a newspaper, making each piece very concise and to the point. I enjoyed not only her breakdown of the government scare tactics and the sufferings of the jailed members of her party, but her writings about the autumn, Burmese fashion, festival culture, and visits to holy monks in bumpy countryside. Above all it helped me to understand more than I could have ever hoped why Aung San suu Kyi has the heart of Myanmar.