Breaking The Tongue: A Novel - Brossura

Loh, Vyvyane

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0393326543 ISBN 13: 9780393326543

Casa editrice: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2005

Riassunto

As the Japanese prepare to invade Singapore, an Anglophile Chinese family struggles to survive and preserve its dignity in the face of increasing depravations and the shifting loyalties of spies, expatriates, and nationalists. Reader's Guide included. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

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This brilliant novel chronicles the fall of Singapore to the Japanese in the story of one Chinese family: Claude, raised to be more British than the British; his father, whose Anglophilia blinds him to impending defeat and his wife's dalliances; and the redoubtable Grandma Siok, whose sage advice falls on deaf ears. Expatriates, spies, fifth columnists, and nationalists mingle as the Japanese threat looms. Beset by the horror of war, betrayal, and, finally, torture, Claude must embrace his true heritage.

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• Editore: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0393326543
• ISBN 13: 9780393326543
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 495