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Tale of the Dreamer's Son

BuchKartoniert, Paperback
360 Seiten
Englisch
World Editionserschienen am01.11.2022
By the author of the international bestseller Evening Is The Whole Day, this novel set in Malaysia will appeal to readers of Arundhati Roy and Kiran DesaiIn what was once a Scottish tea planter's mansion in the highlands of Peninsular Malaysia, all religions are one and race is unheard of. That is, until the occupants of what is now known as the Muhibbah Centre for World Peace are joined by Salmah, a Malay Muslim woman. "All are welcome here," they are reminded by their spiritual leader, Cyril Dragon, who is ignoring news of the changing political climate with its increasing religious intolerance. He is still trying to forget May 13, 1969, when ethnic tensions boiled over into bloodshed. Tale of the Dreamer's Son guides us from that fateful incident in Malaysian history to the present day. Throughout, Samarasan's polyphonic, rambunctious prose brilliantly navigates the tug-of-war between ideals and reality.mehr
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KlappentextBy the author of the international bestseller Evening Is The Whole Day, this novel set in Malaysia will appeal to readers of Arundhati Roy and Kiran DesaiIn what was once a Scottish tea planter's mansion in the highlands of Peninsular Malaysia, all religions are one and race is unheard of. That is, until the occupants of what is now known as the Muhibbah Centre for World Peace are joined by Salmah, a Malay Muslim woman. "All are welcome here," they are reminded by their spiritual leader, Cyril Dragon, who is ignoring news of the changing political climate with its increasing religious intolerance. He is still trying to forget May 13, 1969, when ethnic tensions boiled over into bloodshed. Tale of the Dreamer's Son guides us from that fateful incident in Malaysian history to the present day. Throughout, Samarasan's polyphonic, rambunctious prose brilliantly navigates the tug-of-war between ideals and reality.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-1-64286-120-4
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
Erscheinungsjahr2022
Erscheinungsdatum01.11.2022
Erstverkaufstag03.01.2023
Seiten360 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Gewicht646 g
Artikel-Nr.58666305
Rubriken
GenreRomane Hardcover

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
ContentsAnnunciation xPART 1Cinta Pandangan PertamaBatchmatesThe Sad Tale of Salmah MajidForecastPresentationOf Namesakes and LineagesToiletsThe Lucky Ones Are Dead or MadHome LifePART 2Wise Men SayPersuasionThe Whole TruthStar BoyNew Reading MatterSpineFrittersThe Unwilling ConfidantThe Prize StudentsThe Worried FatherTrailTeacher TrainingStargazersA Tentative AllianceReza's QuestionsFamily WalkOrange SquashAll's FairTracksuitVegetable LorryNeela Experiments with TruthA Mother's WarningsForetellingsDescentOperation LalangPART 3LatifahJust Say It(Re)EducationAsylum ApplicationSelf-DiscoveriesThe Knotty Problem of the Non-Mahram FreehairsReversionThe Minister Lets Fly at a Press ConferenceChickenFood FairIt SeemsThe Anointed OneBorn-AgainsNight TerrorsCanteen BrawlGlow in the DarkChipped MugAs Good as NewWhich Boy Won't Be GladFive TimesMorning NewsTowards a General TheoryChanging PlacesAdidas Duffel BagThe Open WindowThe End of HopePledgeBaby PhotoSacrificeBrief History of My Teaching CareerPART 4George Cubinar TriesStrayCome BackCast-OffThree Boys and a DogAnnabelle the BeautifulThe Van of IniquityBungalowMorningThe Waning HoneymoonParalysisDriveGo-BetweenUltimatumLooseSacrificing George CubinarExpulsionThe BusybodyRecognitionEighty-ThreeAftershockReconnaissanceDistractionSpurnedSalmah UnleashedThe Secretest SecretSatayTurned TablesConfrontationToolshedThe Lost BoysUnpardonableBliss is but Bliss, and Breath but BreathPolitical BackgroundGlossarymehr

Autor

Preeta Samarasan was born in Malaysia and moved to the United States during high school. Her first novel, Evening Is the Whole Day, was longlisted for the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Orange Prize for Fiction and won the 2008 Association for Asian American Studies Book Award. Her short fiction has won the Asian American Writers' Workshop Short Story Competition and been selected for a PEN/O. Henry Prize Collection. Her work has been published in A Public Space, Guernica, Copper Nickel, AGNI, and other journals. She lives with her family in the Limousin region of France.