Emma Larkin is the pseudonym for an American who was born and raised in Asia, and who studied the Burmese langauge at the School of Oriental and African studies in London. She has been visiting Burma for close to 15 years. Her previous book, Secret Histories: Finding George Orwell in a Burmese Teashop, was published by Penguin Press US and John Murray in 2005.

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A natural disaster, a human tragedy and a close-up view of the clash between an isolationist regime and an often ignorant outside world

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Emma Larkin is an American who was born and raised in Asia, and who studied the Burmese language at the School of Oriental and African studies in London. She has been visiting Burma for close to 15 years. She is also the author of Finding George Orwell in Burma.