A Different Sky

ISBN-13: 9780099546245 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 496 str.

Meira Chand

Opis

A dazzling, sweepingnovel telling the history of Singapore through the moving stories of three families whose lives become intertwinedSingaporea trading post where different lives jostle and mix. It is 1927, and three young people are starting to question whether this in-between island can ever truly be their home. Mei Lan comes from a famous Chinese dynasty but yearns to free herself from its stifling traditions; 10-year-old Howard seethes at the indignities heaped on his fellow Eurasians by the colonial British; Raj, fresh off the boat from India, wants only to work hard and become a successful businessman. As the years pass, and World War IIsweeps through the east, with the Japanese occupying Singapore, the three are thrown together in unexpected ways, and tested to breaking point. Richly evocative, this novelpaints a scintillating panorama of30 tumultuous years in Singapore's history through the passions and struggles of characters the reader will find it hard to forget."

Recenzje

This extraordinary book traces the island's story through to 1956 and independence ... I thoroughly recommend it Daily Mail

O autorze

The author of seven previous novels, Meira Chand is of Indian-Swiss parentage. Born and educated in London, she has lived most of her adult life in Japan, apart from some time in India during the seventies. In 1997 she moved to Singapore. She is involved in several programmes to mentor young writers in Singapore, and has recently been writer in residence at Mansfield College, Oxford and also at Edith Cowan University in Perth, Australia.