Synopsis
A novel of love, vengeance and political unrest in South East Asia
Irrawaddy Tango, a pepper-tongued, tango-dancing Asian beauty rises from a village girlhood to become the wife of her country's dictator and then a leader of the rebel forces arrayed against him. Tango captures the attention of an ambitious colonel --the self-proclaimed Supremo--while dancing at a talent contest. Once married, she is forced to endure the cruelties of a ruthless and foolish husband, is kidnapped by rebel forces, recaptured and brutally punished by her husband's military clique, and eventually exiled to America. Her return to the fictional Republic of Daya (clearly Burma) brings about the destruction of her husband and his dictatorship. Irrawaddy Tango tells the unsettling tale of powerful men and powerless women. It evokes as well the harshness of exile, revealing the misunderstandings between East and West and by doing so captures the intensity of living between the two.
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Wendy Law-Yone was born in Mandalay, Burma, and raised in Rangoon. She is currently the David T. K. Wong Fellow at the University of East Anglia.
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Condition: Muy bueno. : Irrawaddy Tango es una novela de Wendy Law-Yone que narra una historia de amor, venganza y agitación política en el sudeste asiático. La trama sigue a una hermosa bailarina de tango asiática que asciende desde una infancia en un pueblo hasta convertirse en la esposa del dictador de su país y luego en líder de las fuerzas rebeldes. La novela explora temas de poder, opresión y las complejidades de las relaciones entre Oriente y Occidente. Ambientada en la ficticia República de Daya, que evoca a Birmania, la historia captura la intensidad de vivir entre dos mundos y las duras realidades del exilio. EAN: 9780810151420 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Literatura y Ficción|Historia Título: Irrawaddy Tango Autor: Wendy Law-Yone Editorial: Northwestern University Press Idioma: en Páginas: 304 Formato: tapa blanda. Seller Inventory # Happ-2024-07-23-ae5541b8