The Orientalist And The Ghost

The Orientalist And The Ghost

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Malaya 1951, a jungle resettlement camp: young colonial adventurer Christopher Milnar falls passionately in love with a Chinese nurse Evangeline – a fierce flame that ends in tragedy when their camp is attacked by Communist guerrillas and Christopher is violently beaten up.London: half a century later the ghosts of that time return to haunt Christopher, triggering vivid memories of colonial misconduct and lost love. Forced to confront his past, Christopher agonises over the fate of his beloved Evangeline and the disappearance of their daughter, Frances.Moving from present day London to the heart of the Malayan jungle in colonial times, THE ORIENTALIST AND THE GHOST is a stunning portrayal of human frailty and lost love.

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Weight 0.293 kg
Dimensions 2.6 × 12.7 × 19.8 cm
Format
Language

Pages

432
Publisher

Year Published

2009-4-23
Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom
ISBN 10

0552772410
About The Author

Susan Barker was born in London in 1978 to a Chinese Malaysian mother and an English father. Aged twenty-five, she completed the acclaimed novel Sayonara Bar (‘Funny, crisply written and engaging’ Times), followed by The Orientalist and the Ghost (‘Sharp and original’ Guardian). While writing her third novel The Incarnations she spent several years living in Beijing, researching modern and ancient China. She is currently based in Shenzhen, China.

Barker is a sharp and original writer. I greatly envied both her ruthlessness and her tender, acute observations of these characters

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