Aung San Suu Kyi
Posted in Buddhism, The End of the Monsoon, Writing on December 14th, 2010 by admin – Be the first to comment
Photograph: Khin Maung
and karma as inspiration for The End of the Monsoon
It was in a bookstore in the old Hong Kong airport in the mid ’90s that I picked up the first book I read by Aung San Suu Kyi. I have it still. It is called The Voice of Hope, and is a collection of conversations she had with Alan Clements.
Suu Kyi has put Burma on the map, and when I needed a prisoner of conscience for the plot of The End of the Monsoon (I was living in Cambodia), I naturally thought of her. read more »
