"This astonishing autobiography details one young Padaung man?s upbringing in a remote village and his long journey through conflict-ridden Burma, all the way to freedom... From the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey [Harper Collins, 2002] by Pascal Khoo Thwe is the Burma book I?ve been waiting for. An indigenous work of memory which captures exactly the magic—good and bad—that is always evident in Burma. This book emerges from a rich culture and a revolutionary movement. Depicting the life-trajectory of a young man in the 1988 diaspora, Green Ghosts is an intricate kalaga (tapestry) sewn with portraits of elders and comrades, with pleasures and tragedies..." Review by Edith Mirante