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Bangkok : Orchid Press, 2005
Abstract/Sommario: A memoir of the author's journeys among the brave indigenous peoples of some of Asia's most remote and violent regions, knowledgeably obsessed with Burma's struggle for freedom. American artist-activist Mirante breaks laws and infiltrates borders in impassioned journeys of discovery that take her through China, India, Laos, and chaotic Bangladesh. Her book is a wild and exotic headlong plunge into a hidden world of guerrilla warfare, heroin and jade trading, the AIDS pandemic, rainfore ...; [Leggi tutto...]
A memoir of the author's journeys among the brave indigenous peoples of some of Asia's most remote and violent regions, knowledgeably obsessed with Burma's struggle for freedom. American artist-activist Mirante breaks laws and infiltrates borders in impassioned journeys of discovery that take her through China, India, Laos, and chaotic Bangladesh. Her book is a wild and exotic headlong plunge into a hidden world of guerrilla warfare, heroin and jade trading, the AIDS pandemic, rainforest destruction, strikes and rioting, and one of the worst natural disasters of modern times.