{"product_id":"9786164510968","title":"PRE-ORDER NOW The Nylon Hotel : Buying Rubies and Following the Circus in Myanmar by Daniel Ehrlich","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e PRE-ORDER NOW - Published: 13\/07\/2026 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCycling Myanmar, Mandalay, and the Nylon Hotel over three decades, Daniel Ehrlich opens a series of windows onto people and places held captive in time. Through beautifully crafted vignettes of coming and going, meeting and waiting, we are invited to get to know a prince among sidecar drivers, and anglophile living on the banks on the Irrawaddy, a long-haired freedom fighting musician, an octogenarian English teacher who might have been a princess, and the inventor who built a helicopter out of teak. Each story, in its own way, reflects the tragedy of a country trapped under military rule. But each contains human possibilities, fragile hope for the future, and the connections to deeper traditions in which darkness is a necessary counterpart to the light.   \"Ehrlich writes with warmth, insight, and a good deal of humour. This book should be required reading for all who are friends of Burma and who wish a better and free future for the Burmese people\". Richard Axelby, SOAS, University of London \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56420225057141,"sku":"9786164510968","price":11.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9786164510968.jpg?v=1764606405","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9786164510968","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}