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Beautifully written and taking us into an exotic land, Karen Connellys 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 Tezas 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 Tezas relationship with Little Brother, a twelve-year-old orphan whos grown up inside the walls, that we ultimately come to

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Author

Karen Connelly, 1969-

Publisher

New York: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9780385518185

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction

Rating

4.23 / 5 (1,988 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14