Paris Bangkok ... ... .... Rangoon Irrawaddy River, Mandalay City of Kings and finally Burma high valley. Joseph KESSEL takes us with all the storytelling talent that he knows for one of the most inaccessible regions, most remote and least known: the Mogok region celebrated for the richness of its soil which provide the gems most famous. We are immersed in the meeting of an unknown world and a vast cultural wealth, We walk between pagodas and Buddhism, we meet fantastic people with his gentleness, his smile, his kindness, going through valleys and mountains in green the heady scent of the jungle.
A true invitation to travel, this superb novel gives itchy feet and offers a change of scenery. A great success again, ideal for lovers of this fantastic writer but also for lovers of discoveries, travels and original uprooting.
