{"product_id":"the-nylon-hotel-daniel-ehrlich-9786164510968","title":"The Nylon Hotel: Buying Rubies and Following the Circus in Myanmar","description":"\u003cb\u003eUsing the Nylong hotel in Mandalay as his base for his travels, the author presents a series of vignettes of the extraordinary people and characters who retain their energy and enthusiasm for life, even while living under a military dictatorship.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eEhrlich 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\u003c\/i\u003e\". \u003cb\u003eRichard Axelby\u003c\/b\u003e, SOAS, University of London\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel Ehrlich\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 6164510961\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9786164510968\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e River Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/25\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Daniel Ehrlich","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48801025163519,"sku":"9786164510968","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-nylon-hotel-daniel-ehrlich-9786164510968","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}