After years of censorship by an oppressive military regime, the citizens of Burma,or Myanmar, are free to discuss books at last. The once-exiled democratic leader says that while she is a fan of Victor Hugo and George Eliot, it was the work of J. K. Rowling that helped keep up her courage while imprisoned.
From The Daily Mail
Burma’s courageous democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi revealed today that the adventures of Harry Potter kept up her spirits and resolve while she was being held under house arrest.
. . . The Nobel laureate who was held under house arrest in Rangoon for 15 years told a gathering of the country’s writers that her courage in the face of state repression paled in comparison to the heroes of Miss Rowling’s best-selling fantasy books.
‘I have to admit to you I read all the Harry Potter books,’ she said in a reference to the long years she spent locked away in her villa beside Lake Inya.
Hardly had her audience finished chuckling at her revelation when she went on to compare her courage with the Harry Potter characters.
‘I really don’t know how I could ever have been brave enough to do all the things those children did,’ she said.
‘So when people talk about my courage, I think to myself “They don’t know anything about Harry Potter.”’
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