On the Shadow Tracks : A Journey through Occupied Myanmar
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1802062033
ISBN-13
9781802062038
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint
Penguin
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 5th, 2025
Print length
384 Pages
Weight
290 grams
Dimensions
12.80 x 19.80 x 2.40 cms
Product Classification:
MyanmarBritish Empire19th century, c 1800 to c 189920th century, c 1900 to c 1999Reportage & collected journalismReportage, journalism or collected columnsAsian historyModern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 190020th century history: c 1900 to c 2000Colonialism & imperialismMilitary historyHistoryAsian historyColonialism and imperialismMilitary historyTrains & railways: general interestTrains and railways: general interest
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''On the Shadow Tracks harnesses the railway lines of Myanmar’s complicated past to its turbulent present, and the result is part travelogue, part history and completely absorbing. An astonishing achievement’
Joanna Lumley
In 2016, while working as a journalist in Yangon, Clare Hammond discovered an obscure map that showed a web of new railways spanning the length and breadth of the country - railways not shown on any other publicly available maps. She was determined to uncover the railways'' origins, purpose, and most of all, the silence that surrounded them. She would spend three months travelling on these mysterious railways, and the next five years piecing their story together.
Her journey would take her from Myanmar''s tropical south to the embattled mountain towns that border India and China. In dilapidated carriages, along tracks in disrepair, through contested ethnic states and former sites of forced labour, visiting temples, tea shops and festivals, Clare encountered a colourful and contradictory Myanmar through the stories of its people. Simultaneously a lush and evocative travelogue, an unsparing account of Myanmar''s recent history, and an astonishing, conversation-shifting engagement with Britain''s colonial legacy, On the Shadow Tracks is that rare and necessary thing: a book that finds and tells the truth.
Joanna Lumley
In 2016, while working as a journalist in Yangon, Clare Hammond discovered an obscure map that showed a web of new railways spanning the length and breadth of the country - railways not shown on any other publicly available maps. She was determined to uncover the railways'' origins, purpose, and most of all, the silence that surrounded them. She would spend three months travelling on these mysterious railways, and the next five years piecing their story together.
Her journey would take her from Myanmar''s tropical south to the embattled mountain towns that border India and China. In dilapidated carriages, along tracks in disrepair, through contested ethnic states and former sites of forced labour, visiting temples, tea shops and festivals, Clare encountered a colourful and contradictory Myanmar through the stories of its people. Simultaneously a lush and evocative travelogue, an unsparing account of Myanmar''s recent history, and an astonishing, conversation-shifting engagement with Britain''s colonial legacy, On the Shadow Tracks is that rare and necessary thing: a book that finds and tells the truth.
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