From the Land of Green Ghosts

"Khoo Thwe, born in 1967, debuts with a remarkable portrait of his childhood in Phekhon, 'the only Catholic town in Burma, ' among the Padaung people, a subtribe of the Karenni, known for what outsiders call our 'giraffe women' because of their necks being elongated by rings."--"Publishers Weekly."

List of Illustrations	p. ix
Map	p. xi
Foreword	p. xiii
Idyll of the Tribe
Prologue: Imagined Journeys	p. 3
The Goddess of Creation	p. 7
Grandfather's Domain	p. 20
Learning to Love the General	p. 44
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Padaung	p. 51
Death of a Footballer	p. 65
Hunters and Hunted	p. 76
The Shaking of the Dead	p. 83
A Spoiled Priest	p. 95
To the Land of Green Ghosts	p. 108
Revolution and Flight
'Never, Never Argue'	p. 117
Moe	p. 128
Worth Only One Bullet	p. 136
By Courtesy of James Joyce	p. 146
The Whirlwind: Moe's Fate	p. 155
Slorc	p. 168
The Reluctant Flight	p. 178
The Great River at Last	p. 189
With the Rebels	p. 198
Guns and Ghosts	p. 205
'Like Alcestis from the Grave'	p. 214
Staying Alive	p. 222
An Impossible Hope	p. 231
Talking to the Enemy	p. 236
Rescue
Defeat: Escape into Thailand	p. 247
The Rescue	p. 256
Learning Words of Civility	p. 268
Gate of Humility: Cambridge	p. 272
Reunions with Old Ghosts--and a Farewell	p. 285
Gate of Honour: Graduation	p. 290
Epilogue	p. 294
Index	p. 297
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