In Malaysia during the 1950s Communist insurrection, a young Englishman, Christopher, falls in love with a Chinese girlan affair that ends in tragedy when, under attack from Communist guerrillas, Christopher is betrayed, beaten, and left for dead.In 1969, Frances, Christopher s Eurasian teenage daughter, is seduced by a Chinese teacher twice her age and drawn into the Malay-Chinese race riots in Kuala Lumpur.The storythen travels to 1990s London, when the ghosts of that time return to haunt Christopher, triggering vivid memories of colonial misconduct and lost love. Frances's two mixed-race...
In Malaysia during the 1950s Communist insurrection, a young Englishman, Christopher, falls in love with a Chinese girlan affair that ends in tragedy ...
New York Times Notable Book of 2015 Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Book of 2015 Finalist for the 2015 Kirkus Prize for Fiction Winner of a Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize Hailed by The New York Times for its "wildly ambitious...dazzling use of language" and "mesmerizing storytelling," The Incarnations is a "brilliant, mind-expanding, and wildly original novel" (Chris Cleave) about a Beijing taxi driver whose past incarnations over one thousand years haunt him through searing letters sent by his mysterious soulmate....
New York Times Notable Book of 2015 Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Book of 2015 Finalist for the 2015 Kirkus Prize...
