{"product_id":"the-rebel-of-rangoon-intl-pb-ed-a-tale-of-defiance-and-deliverance-in-burma-paperback","title":"The Rebel of Rangoon (Intl PB Ed): A Tale of Defiance and Deliverance in Burma - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDelphine Schrank\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e One of Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2015 \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e An epic, multigenerational story of courage and sacrifice set in a tropical dictatorship, The Rebel of Rangoon captures a gripping moment of possibility in Burma (Myanmar) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Once the shining promise of Southeast Asia, Burma in May 2009 ranks among the world's most repressive and impoverished nations. Its ruling military junta seems to be at the height of its powers. But despite decades of constant brutality-and with their leader, the Nobel Peace Prize-laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, languishing under house arrest-a shadowy fellowship of oddballs and misfits, young dreamers and wizened elders, bonded by the urge to say no to the system, refuses to relent. In the byways of Rangoon and through the pathways of Internet cafes, Nway, a maverick daredevil; Nigel, his ally and sometime rival; and Grandpa, the movement's senior strategist who has just emerged from nineteen years in prison, prepare to fight a battle fifty years in the making. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When Burma was still sealed to foreign journalists, Delphine Schrank spent four years underground reporting among dissidents as they struggled to free their country. From prison cells and safe houses, \u003ci\u003eThe Rebel of Rangoon\u003c\/i\u003e follows the inner life of Nway and his comrades to describe that journey, revealing in the process how a movement of dissidents came into being, how it almost died, and how it pushed its government to crack apart and begin an irreversible process of political reform. The result is a profoundly human exploration of daring and defiance and the power and meaning of freedom.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDelphine Schrank\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning reporter, a contributing editor to the \u003ci\u003eVirginia Quarterly Review \u003c\/i\u003e and a co-founder of DECA Stories, a pioneering writers' cooperative for deeply reported, global journalism. She was the Burma correspondent for the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post \u003c\/i\u003e, where she was an editor and staff writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 14, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45773977813189,"sku":"9781568585086","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/2T0bkQxgkF9781568585086.webp?v=1770515173","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/the-rebel-of-rangoon-intl-pb-ed-a-tale-of-defiance-and-deliverance-in-burma-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}