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Nan A. Talese
April 2007
On Sale: March 20, 2007
448 pages
ISBN: 0385518188
EAN: 9780385518185
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Beautifully written and taking us into an exotic land, Karen
Connelly’s debut novel The Lizard Cage is a celebration of
the resilience of the human spirit. Teza once electrified the people of Burma with his protest
songs against the dictatorship. Arrested by the Burmese
secret police in the days of mass protest, he is seven years
into a twenty-year sentence in solitary confinement. Cut off
from his family and contact with other prisoners, he applies
his acute intelligence, Buddhist patience, and humor to find
meaning in the interminable days, and searches for news in
every being and object that is grudgingly allowed into his cell. Despite his isolation, Teza has a profound influence on the
people around him. His very existence challenges the brutal
authority of the jailers, and his steadfast spirit inspires
radical change. Even when Teza’s criminal server tries to
compromise the singer for his own gain, Teza befriends him
and risks falling into the trap of forbidden conversation,
food, and the most dangerous contraband of all: paper and pen. Yet, it is through Teza’s relationship with Little Brother,
a twelve-year-old orphan who’s grown up inside the walls,
that we ultimately come to understand the importance of hope
and human connection in the midst of injustice and violence.
Teza and the boy are prisoners of different orders: only one
of them dreams of escape and only one of them will achieve
it—their extraordinary friendship frees both of them in
utterly surprising ways.
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