The Orientalist and the Ghost
分類: 图书,进口原版书,Literature & Fiction(文学与虚构类),Genre Fiction(类型小说),
品牌: Barker
基本信息·出版社:BLACK SWAN
·页码:432 页
·出版日期:2010年06月
·ISBN:0552772410
·International Standard Book Number:0552772410
·条形码:9780552772419
·EAN:9780552772419
·装帧:平装
·正文语种:英语
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内容简介An epic literary novel following three generations of one family from the chaotic upheaval of post-war Malaysia to Britain in the 1980s, by the talented young author of Sayonara Bar. Dark themes of colonial misconduct, racial prejudice, and doomed love resonate throughout this novel, yet it is infused with characteristic humour and warmth. It opens in Malaysia during the 1950s Communist insurrection when a young English-man, Christopher, falls in love with a Chinese girl. The book then moves up to 1969 where 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 final part of the book takes us to 1990s London where Frances' two mixed-race children live with their grandfather on a council estate and embark on a quest to discover the truth behind their mother's death.
媒体推荐In Malaysia during the 1950s Communist insurrection, a young Englishman, Christopher, falls in love with a Chinese girl--an 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 story then 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 children live with their grandfather on a council estate, and embark on a quest to discover the truth behind their mother's death.