Golden Earth - Travels In Burma

Golden Earth – Travels in Burma by Norman Lewis (Eland, 1983)
Sold with pride (and probably a few scuffs) by Crappy Old Books

In Golden Earth, the ever-curious Norman Lewis journeys through Burma in the early 1950s — a land battered by war, tangled in politics, and quietly blooming with spiritual beauty. With trademark understatement and razor-sharp observation, Lewis paints a portrait of a country caught between past and future, chaos and calm. Expect monks, military men, opium traders, and the occasional philosophical tea-seller.

This 1983 Eland edition reintroduces a travel writing gem that’s equal parts poetic, political, and quietly profound. The prose is golden, the earth is Burma, and the perspective? Pure Norman Lewis.

Our copy? Possibly sun-faded, maybe a bit foxed, but absolutely full of soul — just like the book itself.

Condition as new.

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