Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Vyvyane Loh

Editorial

W. W. Norton & Company

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

495

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

21.4x14.1x2.3 cm

Peso

0.44 kg.

ISBN

0393326543

ISBN13

9780393326543

Categorías

Ficción histórica
Tema narrativo: llegada a la madurez

breaking the tongue (en Inglés)

Vyvyane Loh (Autor) · W. W. Norton & Company · Tapa Blanda

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Reseña del libro "breaking the tongue (en Inglés)"

This brilliant novel chronicles the fall of Singapore to the Japanese in World War II. Central to the story is one Chinese family: Claude, raised to be more British than the British and ashamed of his own heritage; his father, Humphrey, whose Anglophilia blinds him to possible defeat and his wife's dalliances; and the redoubtable Grandma Siok, whose sage advice falls on deaf ears. Expatriates, spies, fifth columnists, and nationalists--including the elusive young woman Ling-Li--mingle in this exotic culture as the Japanese threat looms. Beset by the horror of war and betrayal and, finally, torture, Claude must embrace his true heritage. In the extraordinary final paragraphs of the novel, the language itself breaks into Chinese. With penetrating observation, Vyvyane Loh unfolds the coming-of-age story of a young man and a nation, a story that deals with myth, race, and class, with the ways language shapes perceptions, and with the intrigue and suffering of war. Reading group guide included.