{"product_id":"nylon-hotel-the","title":"Nylon Hotel, The","description":"? Witty and warm snapshots of lives lived under political turmoil\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ? Captures the strength and hope of the human spirit\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ? Reveals a hidden Myanmar unseen by western tourists\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Cycling Myanmar, Mandalay, and the Nylon Hotel over three decades, Daniel Ehrlich opens a series of windows onto people and places held captive in time. Through beautifully crafted vignettes of coming and going, meeting and waiting, we are invited to get to know a prince among sidecar drivers, and anglophile living on the banks on the Irrawaddy, a long-haired freedom fighting musician, an octogenarian English teacher who might have been a princess, and the inventor who built a helicopter out of teak. Each story, in its own way, reflects the tragedy of a country trapped under military rule. But each contains human possibilities, fragile hope for the future, and the connections to deeper traditions in which darkness is a necessary counterpart to the light. ?Ehrlich writes with warmth, insight, and a good deal of humour. This book should be required reading for all who are friends of Burma and who wish a better and free future for the Burmese people?. Richard Axelby, SOAS, University of London","brand":"River Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58468892574031,"sku":"9786164510968","price":22.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0061\/0372\/8217\/files\/9786164510968_1-nylon-hotel-the.jpg?v=1786634710","url":"https:\/\/www.suomalainen.com\/products\/nylon-hotel-the","provider":"Suomalainen.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}