This is the introduction to the setting of Burmese Days, not an exciting place, not a destination one would plan on visiting, not a pretty place. And it only gets worse. As yet nothing is personal; we can still imagine that though it may be a no-horse town there is some fun to be had, someone worth knowing, some sights that will be good for the soul, this is only page twelve
The fictional Upper Burma town of Kyauktada is the setting of Burmese Days. (In constructing Kyauktada, Orwell apparently drew from his experien